Members of Preservation Hall Jazz Band, will participate in a virtual conversation with Relix Editor-in-Chief Mike Greenhaus and Rabbi Daniel Breener on Friday, March 12 as part of The Friday Night Jam speaking series. Pres Hall’s Ben Jaffee and Walter Harris will discuss their band’s deeply spiritual roots, Mardi Gras Indian culture and how their group has brought New Orleans music around the world in the years since Hurricane Katrina. The evening will also include a Friday night Shabbat ritual, a jazz meditation by Antibalas’ Jordan McLean and a performance by Y & I.

Previous Friday Night Jam participants include: Guster’s Ryan Miller, Craig Finn, Aron Magner, Jackie Greene, Sinkane, Rubblebucket, Matisyahu, Chris Robinson, Ace of Cups, Antibalas, Lisa Loeb, The Sway Machinery and Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye. The conversation will take place at 7 p.m. Click here to tune in.