the lee boys

New Orleans. Just uttering those two words conjures a wide array of images, from beads and bare breasts to faulty levees and hurricanes (both the disastrous and tasty kinds). But at its core, New Orleans is a city filled with music and culture -- and a guaranteed good time. Each year, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival celebrates the fullness of the city's musical legacy, bringing in heavyweight acts as well as staples of NOLA's music scene. This year's festival, the 39th installment of the event, is certainly no exception: the line-up boasts acts representing genres ranging from jazz (of course) and zydeco to country and jam.

More Jazz Fest info after the jump

For The Lee Boys, making joyful, funky Gospel music is a family affair. The group consists of three brothers and their three nephews serving up 'sacred steel' sounds. True, their sound was born out of the House of God church where their father (or grandfather) served as pastor, but this ain't your grandma's church music. The Lee Boys want to get the crowd involved -- dancing and shouting out are encouraged, if not expected.

Full Lee Boys review after the jump