An album release is always a reason for a celebration. The first new album in 11 years from Bad Cactus Brass Band, the popular local New Orleans-style outfit? We wouldn’t have been anywhere else. Bad ...

Original Cactus drummer Carmine Appice talks the band's new blues album, his time with Vanilla Fudge and Rod Stewart, and why he's convinced he inspired the creation of a much-beloved Muppet.

CACTUS RE-RECORDS ITS GREATEST BLUES-ROCK SONGS WITH HELP FROM JOE BONAMASSA, BILLY SHEEHAN, RON BUMBLEFOOT THAL, PAT TRAVERS, DEE SNIDER AND MANY OTHERS “The music of Cactus has always been steeped ...

The Bad Cactus Brass Band serenades voters waiting in line at a polling place in Tempe on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.