The Hot 8 Brass Band

Name: The Hot 8 Brass Band
Start: 2025-03-21T19:30:00+00:00
Location: The Castle & Falcon

Schedule

Fri Mar 21 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Castle & Falcon | Birmingham, EN

LEFTFOOT '25'
PRESENTS
FRI MARCH 21ST
CASTLE AND FALCON
HOT 8 BRASS BAND
DOORS: 7.30PM
TICKETS: £25
Drawing on the traditional jazz heritage of their hometown of New Orleans, the Hot 8 Brass Band are renowned for including elements of funk, hip hop, rap, and its local variation, “bounce” in their music. The collective earned a win in the 64th Annual Grammy Awards 2022 for their feature on John Batiste’s ‘Album of The Year', following the nomination of their ‘The Life & Times Of…’ LP for ‘Best Regional Roots Album’ in 2013.
Transcending genres and trends, Hot 8 have performed and collaborated with the likes of Jon Batiste, Blind Boys of Alabama, Basement Jaxx and Alice Russell, and provided live support for Mos Def, Lauryn Hill and Mary J Blige. Since forming they have established a decade-long affiliation with actor/BBC 6Music DJ Craig Charles, among other tastemakers, DJs and journalists worldwide. After a festive appearance Live at Maida Vale for Lauren Laverne (BBC 6 Music), the Hot 8 Brass Band performed for Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny on BBC Two to welcome in 2019. Later that year, after taking to the stage at the BRIT awards in February, Hot 8 Brass Band were invited on the European leg of George Ezra’s tour.