Ogden After Hours May Concerts

Supporting the assertion that in New Orleans, music is everywhere, the art galleries at the Ogden Museum ring with music each Thursday, when the popular Ogden After Hours evening concert series brings Southern musicians to entertain and Southern music scholars to elucidate.  Each OAH includes an art activity for kids in the Education Gallery, a cash bar, and entrance to all the galleries. Featured this month are:

• May 10: Tonya Boyd-Cannon. Born across the river, but raised right here in Louisiana, singer-songwriter and Soul artist Tonya Boyd-Cannon brings fresh jazz lyrics and soulful arrangements to new heights with her rare contralto voice. She also ranked Top 20 as a finalist on Season 8 of NBC's "The Voice", and her 2016 album MUZIC is Life landed in ten categories in the first round of the Grammy's. 

• May 17: Cha Wa. Get ready to groove with one of New Orleans' richest, if under-recognized, Mardi Gras musical traditions with Cha Wa. This New Orleans Indian band melds funk, soul, and traditional Indian music, creating rhythms and beats true to the spirit of Mardi Gras--dancing music. 

Free for members. $13.50 for non-members. ogdenmuseum.org.