Guardian Music — The X Factor has sent me running back to Treme. The music it celebrates is music with texture, with splinters and whorls, black-toothed and split-lippedI started watching Treme around the same time as the new series of The X Factor began. They have m... more info

Guardian Music — Distinguished and subtle New Orleans arranger and musicianWhen the tape stopped rolling as the string section finished playing Wardell Quezergue's orchestration of Mona Lisa, the old Nat King Cole song, for the Neville Brothers' album Fiyo On the Bay... more info

ContactMusic — New Orleans Louisiana music legend Wardell Quezergue has died of congestive heart failure He passed away on Tuesday 06Sep11 at the age of 81 Paying tribute to his late friend celebrated composer Allen Toussaint tells the Associated Press What... more info

Soul Sides — Wardell Quezergue died today, at the age of 81. Amongst the giants of NOLA’s R&B/funk community, Wardell wasn’t necessarily as influential as Allen Toussaint nor as prolific as Eddie Bo but he was as quintessential a shaper of NOLA’s R&B sound... more info

The Telegraph — Allen Toussaint, Claire Teal and other jazz greats perform at the Brecon Jazz Festival in Hay-on-Wye. more info

The Telegraph — Allen Toussaint, the master from New Orleans, gives a world class show at Brecon Jazz. more info

The Telegraph — Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint tells David Gritten how stardom came - after 50 years more info

The Telegraph — The 10 tracks that show the genius of the multi-talented Allen Toussaint. more info

The Telegraph — Allen Toussaint, who will be performing at the Brecon Jazz Festival, has been nominated for a Mojo his compilation album Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky. more info

Topix — The Songwriters Hall of Fame has honored the likes of Garth Brooks, Leon Russell and Allen Toussaint at its annual gala in New York City. more info