This Thursday, June 6, Hillel at Tulane University is hosting a panel discussion entitled "Does Progress Destroy Culture?", which will tackle questions regarding how gentrification and urban and economic development impacts New Orleans culture.  For all the event details, g... Read more

This week we hear from the musicians who make New Orleans their home. Bruce Daigrepont shows us the guts of an accordion. Walter “Wolfman” Washington talks about how his uncle showed him how to tune a guitar. Jeff Albert talks about “Open Ears”, a weekly music series at the ... Read more

This month's recipe, which comes to us courtesy of Liberty’s Kitchen, is a traditional New Orleans bread pudding. That, of course, makes it the best of all the many versions in the world! Read more

We just received word from Jason Patterson that the wonderful soul of jazz giant Mulgrew Miller passed on May 29th.   He kindly came on air at Jazz from the French Market and spoke with us this April before his show at Snug Harbor.  Jason remembers: Mulgrew had just done a s... Read more

Preservation Hall is the kind of venerable institution that seems to have been around forever, but of course there was a time when it was new. Its founding in 1961 as a home for traditional jazz attracted national attention, including this video clip: a 2min 36sec story from t... Read more

Triple B's Brass Band from the Martin Behrman Charter School Academy of Creative Arts and Sciences at 'OZ Read more

OK, all you late night lovers of the weird, wild, and wonderful on your radio, we are celebrating!   Tonight is the 20th anniversary of my being a scheduled DJ on WWOZ!  Wahoo!    I'm certain that my listener remembers all the crazy radio from James Booker birthdays, 5 hour... Read more

According to Herlin Riley, the modern drum kit was developed in New Orleans, so who better than Stanton Moore of Galactic (and, of course, the Stanton Moore Trio) to conduct a video tour of the modern drum kit? Definitely worth a look. Read more

This week’s program is part 2 of a 3 part series, celebrating 4 years of “New Orleans All the Way Live.” Today, we meet up with some of the chefs, cooks and other culinary caretakers. Tee Eva talks about fried grits, chef Susan Spicer explains how travel has influenced her co... Read more