On August 14, New Orleans piano legend Jon Cleary will release GoGo Juice, his eighth studio album to date. Produced by Grammy-winning producer John Porter (B.B. King, Keb Mo, Ryan Adams), the ...

In his 70 years of life, Womack influenced countless music fans and musicians, especially those who were lucky enough to see him perform live. Two of those devotees – Jon Cleary and Nigel Hall – ...

Jon Cleary on the track "Uptown Downtown": "The full title should really be ‘Uptown, Downtown, Round Town, Back a town’ and it’s simply a description of the excitement that bubbles across the entire ...

When piano wizard Jon Cleary debuted his band, the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, for a pair of performances during the 1994 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival season, the two gigs were like day and ...

Jon Cleary remembers learning to play "Tipitina" on an old upright piano in his grandmother's home in the village of Cranbrook in Kent, England. He was 11. The song's three chords are filled with ...

Pianist and bandleader John Cleary joins Air Time to discuss his journey into New Orleans R&B, his collaborations with legends like Dr. John and Allen Toussaint, and the live-in-studio spirit of The ...

Growing up in a small village in England, Jon Cleary made a beeline for New Orleans the minute he hit adulthood. The 56-year-old Grammy Award-winner played guitar when he was a small child, but added ...