On March 24 and 25, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the fifth annual Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival. The festival showcases the influences from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America that combined in the Crescent City to make New Orleans a melting... Read more

Whether you’re doing the Mississippi Slow Drag or the New Orleans Shuffle, you’re in the right place. During this program, we’ll be exploring music from the 1920s, when Blues and Jazz were musically closer, and then continue on into the 30s and 40s where they grew into more... Read more

Louisiana Music Factory celebrated its 20th anniversary on Saturday, February 25th. The record store that has become a destination for music lovers from New Orleans and around the world hosted six hours of in-store performances to a full house of fans. Kermit Ruffins kicked... Read more

On any given night in New Orleans, you’re likely to find a place with live music and free food.  Sometimes it’s red beans and traditional jazz, other times it’s BBQ and the blues.  On this week’s program, it’s curry and the Pocket Brass of Magnetic Ear, an ensemble headed b... Read more

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WWOZ & Insight New Orleans wanted to know what your favorite Mardi Gras songs and soundtracks were that get you pumped for Fat Tuesday, and, here they are! Read more

Gina Forsyth’s album, Promised Land, released locally in December and nationally in February has been hitting the top of the charts.  A notable achievement, the title song from the CD reached #1 on the Folk DJ list for January and the CD ended the m... Read more

One often hears the phrase: “New Orleans: the birthplace of jazz” and there’s a plenty of reasons that support that.  What sometimes gets lost in all of it is the ongoing jazz scene in the city, from brass ensembles to more progressive forms. Today’s program is a peek into ... Read more