History can lift you up or weigh you down. It can be a mountain to stand on or a sack of stones upon your back. This is especially true in a town where musical history is as rich and omnipresent as it ...

Trombone Champ is the newest video game players can't put down — even if those around them wished they would. Developed by Holy Wow Studios, the rhythm-based video game is similar to Guitar Hero — but ...

I first met Troy "Trombone Shorty'' Andrews in 1989 or 1990. The date is a little unclear. He was sitting with his trombone on the front steps of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation waiting ...

Game developers are really tooting their own horn today. The freshly blown out “Trombone Champ” — a humorous take on the successful “Guitar Hero” franchise exclusively using the titular brass — has ...

Trombone Champ is a new rhythm game that finds players tooting along to royalty-free tunes with a synthesized trombone. It's equal parts addictive and hilarious, with plenty of replay value to come ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Trombone Champ is a game that came out of nowhere to be a top seller on Steam, and ...

Trombone Champ asks a very simple, yet radical question: What if you played the trombone? If you’ve played Guitar Hero or Rock Band games before, then you know how challenging musical instrument ...

The Big Easy is ready to show out. Louisiana natives Lauren Daigle and Trombone Shorty belted out “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the ...