"This festival contains the greatest collection of Cajun and zydeco artists for any festival in the city and perhaps the state." -- Charles Laborde, host of "Lache Pas," our weekly Cajun and zydeco show, Sundays 12-2pm Kick off crawfish season with the 14th annual Louisiana... Read more

On Monday morning, we were pleased to premiere a video and radio broadcast of the Danny Barker Birthday Bash concert featuring Dr. Michael White, Gregg Stafford, Freddy Lonzo, Marie Watanabe, Detroit Brooks, Topsy Chapman, Kerry Lewis, Herman LeBeaux, and Yoshie Nakamura. ... Read more

From WWOZ General Manager Beth Arroyo Utterback: Dear Guardians of the Groove, I am thrilled and proud to share with you WWOZ's brand new Report to the Community for 2019. It's hard to believe that our beloved station accomplished so much in one short year---but we did---... Read more

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is accepting applications for the 8th annual "Class Got Brass" competition, a contest for Louisiana high schools and middle school brass bands. At stake are more than $40,000 worth of instruments for the participating schools’ musi... Read more

The students from the Langston Hughes Brass Band joined us in the studio on November 5, 2019 for School Groove! Check out their performance below.  Read more

Tune in on Monday, February 10 during the Traditional Jazz show (9-11am) for a special broadcast of the 2020 Danny Barker Birthday Bash concert featuring Dr. Michael White, Gregg Stafford, Freddy Lonzo, Marie Watanabe, Detroit Brooks, Topsy Chapman, Kerry Lewis, Herman LeBe... Read more

Earl King was born on this date in 1934. Here's his performance of 'Mama and Papa' with The Meters, introduced by Dr. John, in 1974.  Read more

The students from the Holy Cross Tigers Brass Band joined us in the studio on Wednesday, January 29 for our first School Groove of 2020! Check out their performance below.  Read more