It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No Andy Williams, not
Christmas, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the unchallenged
greatest music and culture event on the planet. People say it is the
coolest sloppiest Fest on record… maybe, but the music and the spir...
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Dance, baby, dance! This is Jamal, an NoLa native who dances his heart out.
Here he is rockin' out to Papa Grows Funk. The sound quality is not of
typical WWOZ caliber, but Jamal's moves will make you smile! (Yes, this man
can do the splits!)
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"We're like a bunch of metal kites up here!"
Dirty Dozen Brass Band member Kirk Joseph and his gang, Tuba Tuba, withstand
the wind at Jazz Fest in his extraordinary seven piece ensemble of
sousaphones and tubas. With a collaboration of some of the best brass players
in town...
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Pura Fe is a contemporary Native American musician whose music is impossible
to categorize. "People don't know how to market me," Pura told Karen Cristian
today on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage, "they have a hard time
putting me in the box, but they decided on Blue...
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You've probably heard of a one man band, but have you heard of a one string
band?
Jamaica's own Brushy One String performs original songs on one guitar string
about love, community, and... chickens.
If you missed the One String Wonder today you can catch Brushy at Jazz Fest...
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Our food of the day today: Crawfish Monica
Probably the most-lauded of all Jazz Fest Foods was named for inventor Pierre
Hilzim's wife, Monica Davidson.
Fun fact: three U.S. presidents (Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack
Obama) and one pope (John Paul II) have enjoyed...
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The Zydeco dancers at Fais Do Do stage are one Jazz Fest guarantee. Rain or
shine, there is always a lively crew kicking up their heels up front,
bouncing, spinning and dipping to the Cajun beats.
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Earlier this morning, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation
named the Jazz & Heritage Center building (pictured above and located at 1225
N. Rampart Street) in honor of George and Joyce Wein.
From the Foundation's press release: "It was George Wein – foun...
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Here are a few things of note happening today at Jazz Fest:
Pura Fé Interview, 2:00 - 2:45 on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage,
inside the Grandstand.
Irma Thomas' Tribute to Mahalia Jackson, 4:40-5:40 in the Gospel Tent.
Parades
12:00 New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Rhy...
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Lena Prima dazzled the Food Heritage stage in the Grandstand today as she
prepared her own meatball recipe for crowd. Lena - the daughter of New
Orleans' legendary jazz singer Loius Prima - donated this recipe to WWOZ's
cookbook That Sounds Good!
Last night she prepared...
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