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The Best Performances of 2026’s Love Rocks NYC

Sachyn Mital / 25 March 2026

Love Rocks NYC promised an all-star lineup, one that wouldn’t have been out of place at Newport Folk, performing for nearly four hours.

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A Hero’s Homecoming: Jon Batiste Steals the Show at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Jordan Kessler / 9 May 2023

A show with this many moving pieces could easily have devolved into chaos, but in Jon Batiste’s hands, it was a wonderfully diverse, talented vision of what America can be at its best.

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Trombone Shorty and Jon Batiste: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest

Jordan Kessler / 9 May 2023

Trombone Shorty and Jon Batiste bring the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest to a rousing conclusion.

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Late Show Bandleader Jon Batiste Discusses His Genre-Busting Year

Will Layman / 5 April 2021

Pianist and bandleader Jon Batiste is a near-perfect representative of what it means to be a millennial jazz musician in 2021.

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Highlights from the 2019 Global Citizen Festival

Sachyn Mital / 11 October 2019

The 2019 Global Citizen Festival featured Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams, and more for an event that drew thousands of attendees who won tickets through social activism.

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Holiday Mirth at 2018’s Penultimate ‘Live From Here’

Sachyn Mital / 18 December 2018

Jon Batiste, St. Vincent, Sara Watkins and Jim Gaffigan were Chris Thile's special guests at the last Live From Here show for the season.

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“No Pause, Press Play”: An Interview with Jazz Virtuoso Jon Batiste

Christian John Wikane / 24 September 2018

Known to millions as the Late Show with Stephen Colbert's masterful MD, Jon Batiste makes a space for listeners "to feel and to think" on his Verve debut, Hollywood Africans.