Tune in Thursday night 7-10p as DJ Swamp Boogie sits in for George Ingmire on the Blues and R&B show! He'll welcome special guest Cedric Burnside to discuss his forthcoming new release on Single Lock Records (his first major label release). We'll premiere a few tracks.  DJ... Read more

WWOZ's 30th Annual Piano Night, a benefit for the station, happened on Monday, April 30, 2018. Jon Cleary, Marcia Ball, Davell Crawford, Ellis Marsalis, Henry Gray, David Torkanowsky, Tom McDermott, Joe Krown, Bob Seeley, Al "Lil Fats" Jackson, and John Autin performed to a... Read more

Tune in tonight between 10p and midnight to hear radio documentaries on Jonathan Freilich and Lee Dorsey. Host David Kunian says, "Revel in the wondrous music and mind of Jonathan and then get down to the funk of Lee Dorsey. The Lee Dorsey [one] has only been played once on... Read more

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We're kicking off the second weekend Jazz Fest 2018 with more live broadcast straight from the Fairgrounds! On Thursday, we'll be airing Sonny Landreth's set from last Saturday in the Blues Tent. In the meantime, check out his performance at WWOZ from January 2016. Happy Ja... Read more

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We've got photo highlights from Day 3 of Jazz Fest 2018! Check them out below. Special thanks to our contributing photographers, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Michele Goldfarb, Michael E. McAndrew, Leon Morris, Olivia Greene, Charlie Steiner, and Leona Strassberg Steiner.  Read more

George Wein, Quint Davis, and Allison Miner had a vision for the first Heritage Fair, of a festival that was uniquely New Orleanian, a place where the best of New Orleans culture was gathered together in a way everyone could experience. Read more

We've got photo highlights from Day 2 of Jazz Fest 2018 rolling in all day and night long! Check them out below. Special thanks to our contributing photographers, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Michele Goldfarb, Michael E. McAndrew, Leon Morris, and Olivia Greene. Read more

WWOZ was on hand to bring you a live video stream of Donald Harrison, Jr.'s free concert from the Jazz & Heritage Center last night! He is a New Orleans legend. The proud son of a 9th Ward Mardi Gras Indian chief, Harrison has championed traditional New Orleans culture whil... Read more