In this week's episode, "Fish Fried and Green Gumbo", we get a taste of some springtime food traditions in the Crescent City -- fish fries, St Joseph's altars with all manner of traditional Italian foods, and a seasonal gumbo. Read more

Muddy Waters performs "I'll Put A Tiger In Your Tank" live at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1960, one of three Willie Dixon songs he performed that day (the others were "I Got My Brand on You" and "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man").  Read more

The famous Music Box is taking a ride--or an airlift, to be more precise. The interactive kinetic musical structures are on the move! The musical houses will be landing at various sites around New Orleans for the rest of the year, hosting performances, artist talks, educati... Read more

There is a smaller film festival inside the larger French Quarter Festival, with lots of great music-related films free and open to the public. Showings are at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, located at 616 St. Peter St. Read more

The 2015 French Quarter Fest schedule is right here. Click through for dates, stages, times, and performers. Read more

Alex McMurray sings "You've Got To Be Crazy To Live In This Town" with Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show. The performance happened at a Threadheads benefit concert held at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington DC, June 3rd, 2010.  Read more

Note this video is NSFW--it contains an F-bomb at about 3:50. Marianne Faithfull does John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" on the New York City soundstage show Sessions at West 54th. It aired late at night on American PBS stations (apparently including the F-bomb) in 2000. Fa... Read more

When the river starts to rise from all the snow melting up north, it's time for live outdoor music to make its return! Jazz In the Park at Armstrong Park relaunches in just under a month with a stellar lineup of free weekly concerts running mid-April to mid-June. Kicking of... Read more