Just out earlier this week: the YouTube video for Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews' single, "Fire and Brimstone", from his latest album Say That to Say This, co-produced by Andrews and the impresario of Old School R&B, Raphael Saadiq. In fact, Saadiq doesn’t just co-produce; ... Read more

Showing at this year's New Orleans Film Festival: A Warehouse on Tchoupitoulas, a documentary about the legendary rock venue, located near Tchoupitoulas and Felicity in the Lower Garden District, from 1970 - 1982. A Warehouse on Tchoupitoulas will be screened at the CAC on W... Read more

Info courtesy of the New Orleans Film Society: For the third year, the New Orleans Film Festival will include a programming sidebar of films about music and musicians. Called “keeping {SCORE},” this series was inspired by the city’s long musical legacy and the local audienc... Read more

Chalmette High School Brass Band at WWOZ Read more

This year's Ponderosa Stomp featured "Architects of American Music" including the likes of The Sonics, Swamp Dogg, Ty Wagner, Gaunga Dyns, and plenty more. Apart from the live concert over the weekend, the Stomp also featured a Record Show and Music History Conference hoste... Read more

Director Lily Keber's Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker closes this year's 24th Annual New Orleans Film Festival, playing at the Civic Theatre on Thursday, October 17 7:00p. On October 8, tickets go on sale to general public. The film, according to the festi... Read more

On this week’s program, we preview the upcoming Treme Culture Fest, a three-day event that celebrates one of New Orleans’ most beloved neighborhoods and talk brass bands with one of its natives, Kermit Ruffins.  During the hour, we also visit Cowbell, a restaurant in the Riv... Read more

The Whole Gritty City is a documentary premiering at this year's New Orleans Film Festival. The film, per its web site "tells the story of three New Orleans marching bands"--the Roots of Music Crusaders, the L.E. Rabouin High School Marching Band, the O. Perry Walker High S... Read more

In order to properly funk-i-fy your day, here's the great George Porter, Jr. guesting with the the McLovins (and accompanied by Grant's Tomb horns) at last July's Gathering of the Vibes jam band festival in Bridgeport, CT.   Read more