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New Orleans' own PJ Morton returns home to Jazz Fest with new music
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FILE - PJ Morton performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 26, 2019, in New Orleans. Morton comes home with a new album and memoir dropping soon amid a Saturday afternoon performance May 4, 2024, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which nears the end of an eight-day run. - photo by Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer PJ Morton comes home with a new album and memoir dropping soon amid a Saturday afternoon performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which nears the end of an eight-day run. Morton, a preacher's kid whose parents — the Revs. Paul and Debra Morton — are well-known in the city, said he looks forward every year to taking the stage at the Fair Grounds.