Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cha Wa. (Credit: Rachel Brennecke) Cha Wa is a traditional Mardi Gras Indians greeting in New Orleans that means “here we come” or ...

As a white Berklee College of Music graduate from Rhode Island, drummer Joe Gelini does not fit the typical Mardi Gras Indian profile. Historically, the music’s practitioners are black New Orleanians ...

Cha Wa, the Mardi Gras Indian funk band, is on tour, set to hit the road from East to West, in support of the release of their critically acclaimed album My People. The album, released by Single Lock ...

The Rumble, a newly formed band made up of former members Cha Wa, made their debut at New Orleans’ Maple Leaf on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The band is primed to continue a weekly residency through February ...

The Rumble, a new band made up of former members of Cha Wa, will make its debut Wednesday at the Maple Leaf and will take up a weekly residency through February at the Oak Street bar. The group has ...

Two-time GRAMMY nominated New Orleans-based, Afro-Indigenous funk collective Cha Wa announced Friday, June 20 the release of their new album Rise Up, out on August 29, the 20th anniversary of ...

Cha Wa are the latest artist to offer up an NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. The NOLA torchbearers and Jazz Fest staples performed the first four cuts off their most recent LP My People, namely, “My ...

Once in a while, a band comes along and brings something so special you have no choice but to love it. That band is Cha Wa. Founded in 2014, they released their third album, My People, 2021, a ...

Big Chief Irving "Honey" Banister of the Creole Wild West and J'Wan Boudreaux, spy boy of the Golden Eagles and grandson of Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, break down their massive, hand-stitched suits — ...

Cha Wa is a traditional Mardi Gras Indians greeting in New Orleans that means “here we come” or “we’re comin’ for ya.” Appropriately, a hearty shout of “CHA WA!” is the first thing I hear out of ...