You can get a taste of the groove to come with the likes of Treme Brass Band, Meschiya Lake, and Ike Stubblefield. These tracks are some of our favorites from the many fantastic live performances that the WWOZ engineers recorded for your listening pleasure this year. Check em'... Read more

You can get a taste of the groove to come with the likes of Treme Brass Band, Meschiya Lake, and Ike Stubblefield. These tracks are some of our favorites from the many fantastic live performances that the WWOZ engineers recorded for your listening pleasure this year. Check em'... Read more

This week Harvest the Music presents Dr. John featuring Jon Cleary after Natalie Mae & Johnny Sansone on Wednesday. In Armstrong Park on Thursday you can catch Stooges Brass Band and Russell Batiste featuring Jason Neville with The Wild Tchoupitoulas. Come on out to revel in t... Read more

On any given night in New Orleans, you’re likely to find a place with live music and free food. Sometimes it’s red beans and trad jazz, other times it’s BBQ and the blues. On this week’s program, it’s curry and the Pocket brass of Magnetic Ear, an ensemble headed by Martin K... Read more

R.I.P. He was a legend, and a very nice man. He was also WWOZ's locksmith for many years when the station was located in Armstrong Park. He will be more than missed. Read more

The Treme Creole Gumbo Festival is coming up, and with it comes the opportunity to taste some great creole gumbo. Get your palate primed with this recipe. Read more

Picadillo is a popular dish not only in Cuba but all over Latin America and the Phillipines. You might serve this picadillo Cuban-style, over black beans and rice with a side of plantains. This Cuba à la Nola recipe is courtesy of Chef Jack Treuting from one of our fabulous n... Read more

Patrick O’Flaherty and Beth Patterson will be playing two shows in New Orleans next week to celebrate the release of their latest CD, the aptly named Caelic. “There are no songs sung in English here,” said Lafayette native Beth Patterson. “It’s very bare bones going back to... Read more

In honor of Louis Armstrong's birthday, we bring you the story of his stint in the Colored Waif's Home for Boys and his first Cornet. Read more