The New Orleans Film Festival is coming! This is a big year for the festival-- its 25th anniversary. The event will be taking place in theaters and spots converted to theaters across New Orleans from October 16-23. This year's lineup features a number of excellent films that r... Read more

Here's another blues video to get you in the mood for the Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival, which happens October 17-19: Big George Brock doing the spiritual "Glory, Glory Hallelujah (Since I Laid My Burden Down)" at the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival, recorded Sept... Read more

An Open Letter from WWOZ General Manager David Freedman to Mayor Landrieu and the New Orleans City Council, regarding the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance now before the City Council, and fourteen questions about the consequences of that Ordinance for live music in New Orleans. Read more

B.B. King, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, and Nat King Cole are just some of the artists you'll "see" at this year's New Orleans Film Fest. For the fourth year, the New Orleans Film Society presents “keeping {SCORE},” a series of music documentaries bei... Read more

Shawn Colvin (guitar), Alison Krauss (violin) and Jerry Douglas (steel guitar) perform Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer." This comes from a 2007 tribute show in Washington, DC, honoring Paul Simon as the winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded by the Library ... Read more

Raymond Kent talks with Beth Patterson about not winning a Grammy, Cat Stevens, commemorating the Great Hunger with food, not having a bouzouki, and her new tunes. Read more

Raymond Kent talks with Carolyn Broussard about the variety of styles she's embraced, growing up in New Iberia, singing in choirs, writing songs, etc. Read more

Sondra Bibb talks with Bryce Eastwood , New Orleans saxophonist and composer about the New Orleans Composers Project, compiling transcriptions of music, inspiration from the Silverbook, playing at the Mint and more. Read more

The Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival is coming up October 17-19, and to help get you in the mood, we'll have a selection of blues videos over the next couple of weeks. First up, here's the pride of Gause, Texas, Ruthie Foster, with a gospel-inflected take on Son House's... Read more