We're sharing some highlights from last year's Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival! Get out there and check out this year's fest, Jan. 15-19. Here's Mari Watanabe performing 'Squeeze Me' at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, January 2019.  Read more

The Folk Alliance International Conference is coming to New Orleans this year and WWOZ is partnering with the good people at the conference to give a special shoutout to the Louisiana-based Official Showcase artists and the work they’re doing to strengthen the arts communit... Read more

Tune into WWOZ over the coming days as we celebrate the life and legacy of the great Danny Barker in conjunction with the 6th annual Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival! Here's what's on tap (subject to change): Monday, Jan. 13 9-11am Trad Jazz show host Dan Meyer will be... Read more

New Orleans rapper, producer, and actor Jerome Cosey, better known as 5th Ward Weebie, has died from complications after a heart attack at the age of 42. He was a prominent part of the first wave of bounce musicians in New Orleans in the 1990s and went on to have a fluorish... Read more

David Torkanowsky and Evan Christopher joined us in the studio on Jazz From The French Market this afternoon! Check out their performance below. Read more

WWOZ video was in the streets for Twelfth Night, the official start of the 2020 Carnival season, on Monday, January 6! Check out this video featuring festivities at the Bywater Bakery's king cake kickoff, the Big Chief Tootie Montana celebration at Congo Square, Joan of Arc... Read more

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Earlier today, Black Masking Indians chanted in honor of Big Chief Tootie Montana, the "Chief of Chiefs," in front of his statue in Congo Square/Louis Armstrong Park. His family invited the public to this celebration of his life and the opening of Carnival season. Read more