2023 Chanteuse
Celebrating New Orleans Women in Music
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents its 4th annual Chanteuse concert series at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center
Chanteuse: Celebrating New Orleans Women in Music, a live concert series featuring outstanding women vocalists!
About this Concert Series:
All concerts will be held in The George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center at 1225 N. Rampart Street.
Doors open at 7pm and the concerts begin promptly at 8pm. Performances are 90min. Tickets are $10 for each show.
All proceeds from this concert series directly support our efforts at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, including the Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music.
A bar by NolaBeverage will sell select beverages during the performance. Outside food and drink will not be allowed in the Jazz & Heritage Center during this program.
Chanteuse will be livestreamed: jazzandheritage.org/live
This series of programs focusing on women comes during a time when the lack of women in roles throughout the music industry has come to the forefront. Chanteuse is part of an ongoing effort by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation to address inequities in the music industry.
2023 Chanteuse Lineup
No recording. Please, no audio or video recording of any performances at the festival.
Friday, February 24: Lulu & The Broadsides
Over the past two decades, internationally lauded “songwriter’s songwriter” Dayna Kurtz has intermittently dived into her crate digger’s curated repertoire of largely obscure soul and R&B gems, as well as penned originals designed to sound as though they’d been unearthed from the same record hound’s favorite crypt, all caressed with the rich, rough and smoky vocals the Washington Post once described as a “…deep hued garnet of lifeblood and beauty.” Buy Tickets: HERE
Saturday, February 25: Erica Falls
Soul singer and songwriter Erica Falls credits her unique vintage sound to her childhood growing up in New Orleans’ 9th Ward, where her parents introduced her to Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, and Whitney Houston. Whether on stage or in the studio, she channels a sassy, soulful tone that recalls an earlier era. SOLD OUT, watch livestream: HERE
Friday, March 3: The Sarah Quintana Band
Sarah Quintana is a singer-songwriter from New Orleans with a background rich in jazz, folk and popular music. She is a charming performer, devoted guitarist and her voice is instantly recognizable. Quintana splits her time between the US and France, working alongside Michael Doucet of BeauSoleil, saxophonist Raphael Imbert, touring on her own repertoire with French and American musicians. Buy Tickets: HERE
Saturday, March 4: Ever More Nest
Rooted in Southern musical traditions and infused with confessional 90s angst, the music of Ever More Nest can likewise lull and rock you right off a front porch. Ever More Nest’s dynamic, homegrown voice—hugged by lush, church-pew harmonies—is complemented by ghostly, effusive guitars, spirited mandolin and banjo, mournful fiddle, and a rhythm section steady as a country train. Buy Tickets: HERE
Friday, March 10: The Nayo Jones Experience
Nayo’s vocal range has been compared to the likes of Natalie Cole, Nancy Wilson, even Whitney Houston. She has been the opening act for legendary George Benson, Chris Botti and more. Nayo has been on stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, French Quarter Fest and many other Louisiana festivals annually since 2012. She has consistently drawn rave reviews for her performances. Nayo and her band, “The Nayo Jones Experience” has a longstanding residency at the Carousel Lounge located in the historic Hotel Monteleone and The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta Hotel. Buy Tickets: HERE
Saturday, March 11: Sharon Martin
New Orleans soulful R&B, blues and jazz singer Sharon Martin is one of the treasures of the Crescent City. She has been singing professionally since the mid-1980s and has established herself as one of our favorites with a range of styles and emotions that she conveys with ease. Soulful, powerful and joyful one moment, delicate and subdued the next – Sharon draws her audience in with her warm personality. Sharon has performed at the New Orleans Jazz Festival for many years and has worked with a “who’s who” of major artists, from Joe Sample and Benny Carter to New Orleans legends Dave Bartholomew and Wilson “Willie T” Turbinton and more. Buy Tickets: HERE
Video capture and livestream of this program is made possible by Jazz & Heritage radio station WWOZ 90.7 FM
Chanteuse is a presentation of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.
Our broadcast partner is WWOZ New Orleans 90.7 FM.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is the nonprofit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell. The Foundation uses the proceeds from Jazz Fest, and other funds, for year-round programs in the areas of education, economic development and cultural events. For more about the Foundation and what we do, visit us online at www.jazzandheritage.org.
Photos courtesy of Ashley Lorraine Photography
Festival Sponsors
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is grateful for the support provided by the sponsors of the Tremé Creole Gumbo and Congo Square Rhythms Festivals including Cathead Vodka, Urban South Brewery, Evamor, Luzianne Tea, Louisiana Lottery, WWOZ 90.7 FM New Orleans, WWNO 89.9, Louisiana Office of Cultural Development, National Endowment for the Arts.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is the nonprofit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell. The Foundation uses the proceeds from Jazz Fest, and other funds, for year-round programs in the areas of education, economic development and cultural events.
