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Video: The Quickening at WWOZ

Tue, 03/31/20

The Quickening joined us for a live performance in the studio on March 10! Check out their performance below. If you appreciate the station that brings you more live music than any other, be a part of our number and become a member today! Read more

Jazz & Heritage Relief Fund announced

Mon, 03/30/20

Authored by: Carrie Booher

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, announced today that they have established the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund – a statewide relief fund to support Louisiana mus... Read more

Big Mama Rankin, Monday 9-11am

Mon, 03/30/20

Authored by: Carrie Booher

Tune in on our Monday morning trad jazz show, 9-11am, to hear a classic Big Mama Rankin show! Regular Monday morning host Dan Meyer selected this show to air; Betty Rankin was his mentor at WWOZ in the early 1980s. Big Mama Rankin has been called “one of the best show hosts... Read more

Video: The Lilli Lewis Project 'One Shoe'

Mon, 03/30/20

WWOZ was on hand to live video stream The Lilli Lewis Project's set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation's "Chanteuse: Celebrating New Orleans Women in Music," on Friday, March 6. The series was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here's a song from that set... Read more

Video: Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders at 'OZ - March 2020

Sun, 03/29/20

Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders joined The Creeper in the studio on March 12, 2020! Check out their performance below. If you appreciate the station that brings you more live music than any other, be a part of our number and become a member today! Read more

Video: Treme Brass Band at WWOZ - March 2020

Sun, 03/29/20

Treme Brass Band closed out our spring membership drive in fine form on March 13, 2020! Check out their performance below. If you appreciate the station that brings you more live music than any other, be a part of our number and become a member today! Read more

Rhythm Room 03/27/20 + The Midnight Cap

Sat, 03/28/20

Authored by: Allan "Alski" Laskey

1 breezing carl harvey 03:22 ecstasy of mankind 2 Hard Times Bill Frisell 03:57 Harmony 3 New World Order Curtis Mayfield 05:38 New World Order 4 Open Your Heart to the World Stone Foundation 04:05 Street Rituals 5 Vampire Peter Tosh 03:33 No Nuclear War 6 the world keeps fall... Read more

Video: Germaine Bazzle at the Jazz & Heritage Center

Fri, 03/27/20

Happy birthday, Germaine Bazzle! WWOZ was on hand to live video stream her set from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation's "Chanteuse: Celebrating New Orleans Women in Music," the first of what was supposed to have been a two week concert series, on Thursday, March 5.... Read more