The story of the Grammy nominated Hot 8 Brass Band is one of trials and tribulations, but also of triumphs over adversity and a determination to continue on. Over the past 20 years, the band has carried on despite Hurricane Katrina, a band member losing both of his legs in ... Read more

Essence Fest is nearly upon New Orleans again, this year happening Thursday, June 30 through Sunday, July 3. Essence brings some of the top names in R&B, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and more to the Crescent City each July as the nation's premiere contemporary African American mus... Read more

The wonderfully talented New Orleans pianist Steve Malinowski passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. Here, a look at some of Steve's appearances at WWOZ, including a video of his performance of 'Rampart Rumba' when he came into our studios on March 14, 2016. Born in Lo... Read more

WWOZ-produced video of a recent Congo Square drum circle. Read more

'5 things to know' is a weekly feature highlighting different parts of the WWOZ world that you may have missed this week, including unique WWOZ programming and video, plus New Orleans events, artists, places, features, and more. For the week ending June 17, 2016: 1) The 10... Read more

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In making our two-part episode about Champion Jack Dupree, we learned so many stray facts and strange stories about Jack Dupree that we just couldn’t fit into the story; we've collected some of the best here. Read more

Sometimes we stumble across really fascinating moments of musical history, pretty much by accident. Which is basically how we found this video of Allen Toussaint joining the legendary boogie woogie piano player Champion Jack Dupree onstage at Jazz Fest in 1990. Read more