Interviewed on WWNO in New Orleans, when asked what has inspired his The Bywater Sessions album (and it is an album as the traditional vinyl format is available), the response was simple. Musicians ...

New Orleans is the place where Jon Cleary thinks he should have come from. “I came hardwired for New Orleans funk because that was the music I really dug,” the British-born singer, songwriter, pianist ...

Grammy Award–winning local pianist, singer, and songwriter Jon Cleary is bringing the sound of the Crescent City to international airwaves with a new weekly show on Jazz FM, launching this February as ...

Jon Cleary’s musical heart was already in New Orleans while he was growing up in the English town of Cranbrook, Kent (population: 6,000), where he happily attended nearby shows by The Clash, The ...

It may be a surprise to find an explicit Katrina song on Jon Cleary’s latest album, until you realize that his last full, original studio album—Pin Your Spin in 2004—was released before the storm.