The Next Generation of New Orleans Music: New Orleans Legacy Coalition: Cyril & Omari Neville, Jake Eckert + River | OITGR-Part I episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 18, 2026 · 30 MIN

The Next Generation of New Orleans Music: New Orleans Legacy Coalition: Cyril & Omari Neville, Jake Eckert + River | OITGR-Part I

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Backstage at the New Orleans Jazz Museum during French Quarter Fest, we caught up with Cyril Neville, his son Omari Neville, guitarist Jake Eckert, and his son River — the teenage keyboard player who rounded out the lineup of the Legacy Coalition, a band built entirely from the sons and daughters of New Orleans music royalty.The conversation moves through what it means to inherit a sound rather than learn it — from sleeping on drum risers at Tipitina's as a kid, to stepping onstage next to your own father and realizing the torch has already passed. Cyril talks about the "osmosis" of growing up around the music. Omari opens up about his debut album, out now with a release party at the Louisiana Music Factory. And the whole crew previews their upcoming set at High Sierra Music Festival.Only In The Green Room goes backstage with the artists carrying jam, funk, roots, and Americana music forward.

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