Blues

Lauren Mastro

Wed, 06/12/13

If you'd like to contact Lauren by email, send a brief note to showhosts@wwoz.org, and be sure to include the name of the host you are sending to. We'll forward your note to the show host. Remember that our hosts are volunteers, so response times may vary. FYI, we do this ... Read more

Moses

Tue, 05/21/13

Thu, 05/31/12

I Love Music!! I have been a WWOZ DJ for a few years now. I started doing radio in high school and kept it up in college. Over the last 25 years plus I've been involved in various aspects of the music industry. Currently I host Radio Woodstock on Tuesday mornings 3-6 am, an... Read more

Michael Hurtt and his Haunted Hearts

Fri, 01/20/12

By Danielle Small Michael Hurtt believes you are never done with New Orleans. Although Hurtt has lived in Detroit since Hurricane Katrina and his guitarist J.D. Mark hangs his hat in Mississippi, they still manage to team up with New Orleans band members, steel and elec... Read more

Tom Worrell

Wed, 04/27/11

Tom Worrell is a pianist of the first degree, a veteran of both the road and the New Orleans music scene, who embodies the spirits of the great Professor Longhair and James Booker whenever he takes the stage. Worrell learned piano at the age of four, and also plays trombone... Read more

John "Papa" Gros

Fri, 04/08/11

John “Papa” Gros (pronounced Grow) is a pianist, organist, vocalist, and composer who combines the best of New Orleans’ piano professor traditions with contemporary funk, rock, and blues to create his own distinctive and dynamic sound. He is an established solo artist and i... Read more

Jerry Lenaz

Thu, 10/28/10

Secretary of Swing

Tue, 06/29/10

If you'd like to contact the Secretary of Swing by email, send a brief note to showhosts@wwoz.org, and be sure to include the name of the host you are sending to. We'll forward your note to the show host. Remember that our hosts are volunteers, so response times may vary. ... Read more

Chris Thomas King

Mon, 04/26/10

Chris Thomas King was literally born into the blues as the son of legendary Baton Rouge musician and club impresario Tabby Thomas. The younger Thomas, born in 1961, pursued his folk-blues roots and made his recording debut on the Arhoolie label, and over his career has brou... Read more

Mia Borders

Tue, 04/20/10

Mia Borders brings soulful vocals and powerful songwriting (one critic called her “lusciously sly”) to the stage and to her recordings. The New Orleans native is a singer-songwriter of the highest caliber, with her Crescent City roots pulling down funk-driven rhythms tinged... Read more