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5 things to know for 5/4 - 5/10

Thu, 05/03/18

Authored by:  Carrie Booher

1) It's the second weekend of the 49th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and WWOZ is coming to you for all 7 days of the fest! We've got sets from stages across the festival hitting our airwaves, plus interviews with Jazz Fest artists on-site. Listen in 11a-7p, Th... Read more

Jazz Fest: Friday live broadcast previews

Thu, 05/03/18

It's going to be another stellar day from the Fairgrounds as WWOZ broadcasts live from Day 5 of the 2018 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival! Here's our schedule for Day 5 (subject to change), plus some video previews of the acts who will be hitting our airwaves on Friday.... Read more

DJ Swamp Boogie welcomes Cedric Burnside, Music Man Miles, Shane Love tonight 7-10p

Thu, 05/03/18

Authored by:  DJ Swamp Boogie

Tune in Thursday night 7-10p as DJ Swamp Boogie sits in for George Ingmire on the Blues and R&B show! He'll welcome special guest Cedric Burnside to discuss his forthcoming new release on Single Lock Records (his first major label release). We'll premiere a few tracks.  DJ... Read more

Photo highlights from Piano Night 2018

Wed, 05/02/18

WWOZ's 30th Annual Piano Night, a benefit for the station, happened on Monday, April 30, 2018. Jon Cleary, Marcia Ball, Davell Crawford, Ellis Marsalis, Henry Gray, David Torkanowsky, Tom McDermott, Joe Krown, Bob Seeley, Al "Lil Fats" Jackson, and John Autin performed to a... Read more

Jonathan Freileich & Lee Dorsey: tonight on 'The Kitchen Sink'

Tue, 05/01/18

Authored by:  Carrie Booher

Tune in tonight between 10p and midnight to hear radio documentaries on Jonathan Freilich and Lee Dorsey. Host David Kunian says, "Revel in the wondrous music and mind of Jonathan and then get down to the funk of Lee Dorsey. The Lee Dorsey [one] has only been played once on... Read more

Sonny Landreth: Jazz Fest Day 4 live broadcast preview

Tue, 05/01/18

We're kicking off the second weekend Jazz Fest 2018 with more live broadcast straight from the Fairgrounds! On Thursday, we'll be airing Sonny Landreth's set from last Saturday in the Blues Tent. In the meantime, check out his performance at WWOZ from January 2016. Happy Ja... Read more

Photo highlights from Day 3 of Jazz Fest - April 29, 2018

Mon, 04/30/18

We've got photo highlights from Day 3 of Jazz Fest 2018! Check them out below. Special thanks to our contributing photographers, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Michele Goldfarb, Michael E. McAndrew, Leon Morris, Olivia Greene, Charlie Steiner, and Leona Strassberg Steiner.  Read more

The Heritage Fair: Tricentennial Music Moment

Mon, 04/30/18

George Wein, Quint Davis, and Allison Miner had a vision for the first Heritage Fair, of a festival that was uniquely New Orleanian, a place where the best of New Orleans culture was gathered together in a way everyone could experience. Read more

Photo highlights from Day 2 of Jazz Fest - April 28, 2018

Sun, 04/29/18

We've got photo highlights from Day 2 of Jazz Fest 2018 rolling in all day and night long! Check them out below. Special thanks to our contributing photographers, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Michele Goldfarb, Michael E. McAndrew, Leon Morris, and Olivia Greene. Read more

Video: Donald Harrison, Jr. at Jazz & Heritage Center

Sun, 04/29/18

Authored by:  Carrie Booher

WWOZ was on hand to bring you a live video stream of Donald Harrison, Jr.'s free concert from the Jazz & Heritage Center last night! He is a New Orleans legend. The proud son of a 9th Ward Mardi Gras Indian chief, Harrison has championed traditional New Orleans culture whil... Read more