This week we bring you the young lions of jazz, funk, groove and soul by way of Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews & Orleans Avenue, followed by funk powerhouse Big Sam’s Funky Nation. Both groups were recorded live by WWOZ at the 2009 Voodoo Music Experience. This week’s Cul... Read more

Ah, JazzFest. It's unlike any other festival for some reason.... What is it with this city of New Orleans that it can have so much music that sound so, well, different? New Orleans is musically the Galapagos Island of the US. Geographically and culturally, we developed s... Read more

The number of ways to experience the food at Jazz Fest can be overwhelming, but some of the options can actually take you farther than others. For instance, in years past, I would have headed straight for a meat-pie line. This year, it’s all about that Doh Doh and Jama Jama fr... Read more

One Wednesday Big Daddy O' will Sit down with us at the crossraod and share is new CD "Used Blues" that will be released on Friday. We will play some songs from the CD and a couple of them live as well. He will tell us about the release/Rabadash Party to be held on Friday a... Read more

Luther Kent warms us up with some great rhythm and blues before we have a bite of Alligator Sauce Piquante made by Fireman Mike, a captain in the New Orleans Fire Department. We’ll also check out the Louisiana Music Factory, a New Orleans record store specializing in local ... Read more

Film Screening - Ya Heard Me? Tuesday April 20, 2010 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Multi-purpose room, 5th floor, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art. In conjunction with the Ogden Museum's exhibition "Where They At: New Orleans Bounce and Hip-Hop in Words and Pictures," opening Thursday, A... Read more

Tune in Wednesday night April 21st at 10:00 p.m. as Anders Osborne, Stanton Moore and Robert Walters will perform LIVE ON AIR from 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. (Midnight). You'll hear the new stories about both of their releases Anders Osborne's "American Patchwork" and Stanto... Read more

Journalist Bill Sasser reports on the efforts of New Orleans-based Hope for Haitian Children and its director, Marie Jo Poux, to collect, ship and distribute goods in Haiti, which is still recovering from a devastating earthquake that struck in early 2010. Goods were donated r... Read more

It's springtime, the weather is ambrosial in New Orleans, post-Super Bowl, post-Mardi Gras, post- last week's truly endorphinic French Quarter Fest, the prospect of Jazz Fest looming. There is only one way to describe the feeling-we're in love with the city all over again. And... Read more