Kinfolk Brass Band

Founded 2005, New Orleans — New Orleans Brass Band Renaissance

Kinfolk Brass Band is a New Orleans second-line brass band founded in 2005 by brothers Percy and Richard Anderson in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Fusing traditional brass band sounds with Mardi Gras Indian chants, New Orleans funk, and modern jazz, the band sits at the forefront of the New Orleans brass band renaissance — and has become one of the city’s most requested bands for weddings and second lines.

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🎺 Founded

2005 — in Katrina’s aftermath

🎷 Sound

Brass Band · Mardi Gras Indian · Funk

💒 Known For

100+ weddings & events a year

The most requested brass band in the City of New Orleans.

— neworleanskinfolk.com

Why We Love Kinfolk Brass Band

Some brass bands play the tradition; Kinfolk Brass Band is the neighborhood party. Born in 2005 from the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina, brothers Percy and Richard Anderson built a band that folds Mardi Gras Indian chants and New Orleans funk into the brass band engine — the sound of the brass band renaissance in full swing. They’ve carried second lines down French Quarter streets, played the Sugar Bowl and the 2012 London Olympics, and toured across Europe, but their legend was made the hard way: more than a hundred weddings, conventions, jazz funerals, and celebrations a year, turning every sidewalk into a dance floor. When New Orleanians want the real thing — joyful, loud, and utterly alive — they call Kinfolk.

Biography

Second Lines, Stadiums, and the Streets of New Orleans

Kinfolk Brass Band was founded by brothers Percy Anderson (trumpet, saxophone, vocals) and Richard Anderson (brass, vocals) in 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Playing a style that encompasses and melds Mardi Gras Indian chants, New Orleans funk, modern jazz, and traditional brass band sounds, Kinfolk placed itself at the forefront of the New Orleans brass band renaissance from day one.

The band released its debut album, Bourbon Street Parade, in 2009, and has since taken its high-energy show worldwide — touring Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Turkey, and France, and performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the BCS Allstate Sugar Bowl, and the 2012 Olympics in London.

Back home, Kinfolk has become one of the most requested brass bands in the City of New Orleans, performing at over a hundred weddings and conventions a year — leading second-line parades, jazz funerals, festivals, and corporate events in venues from intimate clubs to grand ballrooms. Whether on a big stage or a small corner, Kinfolk delivers the animated, high-voltage entertainment that personifies the unique musical sounds of New Orleans.