'5 things to know' is a weekly feature highlighting different parts of the WWOZ world that you may have missed this week, including unique WWOZ programming and video, plus New Orleans events, artists, releases, features, and more. For the week ending February 26, 2016: 1.... Read more

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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, and Charles Parker redefined radio documentaries with The BBC Radio Ballads. At a time when Received Pronunciation (RP) was all the rage, The Radio Ballads told the stories of little known communities, interweav... Read more

“Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.” Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) Bernard Hermann’s “The Good Times Rolled: Black New Orleans, 1979-1982” is a l... Read more

From Opepousas, Louisiana and a former member of Zydeco Force, Jeffery Broussard and his band the Creole Cowboys perform "Richest Man" from the 2008 album Keeping the Tradition Alive! during a 2013 show held in Midtown Omaha.  Read more

After years of collaboration on various projects, Mike Dillon, Brian Haas, James Singleton, and Johnny Vidacovich have finally come together for an official release as new quartet, Nolatet. Their debut album, Dogs, will be released Friday, February 26 on Royal Potato Family... Read more

The 17th annual Wednesday at the Square in Lafayette Square lineup is out! This annual springtime concert series features local artists and food and drink vendors and, for the eager, marks the start of festival season. 2016 Wednesday at the Square kicks off on March 2 with ... Read more

Did I hear that right? Members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in an animated music video!? Yep. An animated romp in the style of Max Fleischer (Betty Boop) directed by Lafayette-based visual artist James Tancill, it's the music video for the Preservation Hall / King Britt ... Read more

'5 things to know' is a weekly feature highlighting different parts of the WWOZ world that you may have missed this week, including unique WWOZ programming and video, plus New Orleans events, artists, releases, places, features, and more. For the week ending February 19, 2... Read more