A week of ceremony culminated this Saturday, July 16, with funeral services and a memorial second line for BIg Chief Lionel Delpit of the Blackfeather Mardi Gras indians. Indians from Uptown, Downtown and across the canal, plus members of the Sudan, Revolution, Original Big... Read more

It was the first home game in the Superdome.  New Orleans was still a post-Katrina wreck. Remember when Steve Gleason of the Saints blocked an Atlanta Falcon punt and the Saints recovered it in the end zone?  Of course you do because every New Orleanian remembers that play ... Read more

Picking up a cornet the same year Miles Davis was born, Lionel Ferbos still has a paying gig every Saturday at The Palm Court Jazz Café, a gig  to which he’s never late! However, this Saturday will be his last gig as a 99 year old, as he’ll be turning 100 years old on Sunda... Read more

On this week’s program, we enjoy an encore presentation of the Afro-Cuban band, Otra, recorded live at French Quarter Fest 2008. We also meet up with Bethany Lemanski from the Wednesdays on the Point community concert series. At our Culinary Crossroad, we sit down with chef... Read more

The Uptown Swingers held their annual second line on Sunday, June 26.  Here's a few images of how it went down.  All photographs © CGrimes, 2011.   Read more

Looking for new ways to eat crab outside of the traditional crab boil? Impress your friends with this haute cuisine. With mango, cucumber, crab and shrimp, this is a cool Louisiana riff on a classic and refreshing summer combination. Read more

On this week’s program we hear the music of many, including Paul Sanchez, Irvin Mayfield Jazz Playhouse Revue, John Boutte, and Theresa Andersson. To satisfy our appetite we meet up with Mimi Assad, chef of Le Foret and to wet our whistle we preview the upcoming Tales of th... Read more

Body and Soul, the theme of the 27th annual JazzAscona festival in Switzerland, was enhanced by the presence of thirty New Orleans musicians and entertainers. Second line steppers set the mood for Bourbon Street style burlesque shows and the traditional jazz that is always... Read more

Whether you’re doing the Mississippi Slow Drag or the New Orleans Shuffle, you’re in the right place! During this week's program, we will explore music from the 1920s when Blues and Jazz were musically closer to one another, and then we'll continue on into the 30s and 40s w... Read more