This video delivers: Bob Dylan in a wig and series of funny hats A Christmas song, written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks, first released in 1960, and recorded in polka-style for Dylan's 2009 album Christmas in the Heart A random, madcap party motif A guy swinging fro... Read more

Let's take another look at this video, which we posted last year at Chistmas: Dr. John joins Leon Redbone for a duet of "Frosty the Snowman."  The track originally appeared on Redbone's 1987 Christmas Island album. The video below was recorded during a 1990 airing on the Ni... Read more

We've said it before, but it bears repeating: WWOZ has the greatest group of volunteers in the world, and without them, this Whole Entire Thing would be impossible. So on Saturday, December 13, we celebrated them at Chickie Wah Wah, with music and food, staff and friends... Th... Read more

  Vince Taylor was Europe's version of Little Richard's showmanship and Elvis' dancing and sexual appeal but, well, Taylor mostly lacked musical talent.  Vince Taylor sang off-key and couldn't get his timing synched up to his band.  His audience considered these technicalit... Read more

On Thanksgiving weekend several of New Orleans' finest musicians, including Tom McDermott, Aurora Nealand, and Gerald French traveled to Natal, Brazil, to take part in the 4th Annual MPB Jazz Festival, an event dedicated to fostering a musical and cultural exchange between two... Read more

In this episode, legendary New  Orleans trumpeter Leroy Jones talked us through his smothered okra, or okra etouffee -- including his secret to non-slimy okra Read more

For your weekend viewing pleasure, here's 25 minutes of "Spirit In The Dark" by Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, recorded in San Francisco at the Fillmore West on Mar 6, 1971. It's from a recording called Live at the Fillmore West by King Curtis, whose band, complete with t... Read more

  Sarah Peterson of the Smoking Time Jazz Club talks to Carrie Booher about her music, women who've influenced her, and the community of female vocalists in New Orleans. Read more