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WWOZ is thrilled to announce that our beloved station is relocating and will occupy the entire top (fifth) floor of The Jax Brewery Millhouse building located at 600 Decatur Street. “This is a world class location for our world class station,” said Beth Arroyo Utterback, G... Read more

Presenting "Closeup: Oscar Rossignoli!" Read more

We're celebrating Walter "Wolfman" Washington on WWOZ today! Tune in to the New Orleans Music Show with host Cole Williams starting at 11am CT to hear the final Wolfman set 'OZ ever recorded. This one is from Jazz Fest 2022 and it's extra special because it includes Cole, h... Read more

WWOZ was in the streets with Prince of Wales and Lady Wales Second Line Parade yesterday! Check out the video and keep up with all the latest from the social aid & pleasure clubs of New Orleans at Takin' It To The Streets! Read more

To close out the final day of the third annual NOLAxNOLA, an 11-day celebration at over 50 New Orleans venues with 300 shows and hundreds of musicsians, NOLAxNOLA presents "NOLAxNO Cover" on Sunday, October 8! Venues throughout Frenchmen Street will open their doors and pre... Read more

Y’all!  Let’s do this again! Support WWOZ AND make your living room (or your best friend, or your kids, parents, boss, backyard, dog, or favorite musician) happy with a genuine, bonafide Jazz Fest sign, the very kind artist Nan Parati has been making for the festival since... Read more

Congratulations to Dr. Courtney Bryan as she was named a MacArthur Fellow today! Courtney is a composer and pianist who melds elements of jazz, classical, and sacred music in works that reverberate with social and political issues of our time. Courtney has been a regular p... Read more

Drummer Russell Batiste, Jr. has died of a heart attack at the age of 57. Russell grew up in one of New Orleans’ most famous musical families, performing from the age of seven with his father David Batiste, Sr. and his brother Damon Batiste. He went on to earn fame as a dru... Read more

On Wednesday, September 20, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presented the Allison Miner Series: Featuring Research from the Jazz & Heritage Archive at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center, 1225 N. Rampart Street. The inaugural lecture featured George ... Read more