More from a beautiful New Orleans spring! This is a small taste of a few more
of the outdoor concerts that have happened throughout the city over the last
few months. Musicians featured in this video include Aaron Fletcher, Jesse
McBride, Lieff Kapilian, Pat Casey, Judith O...
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It's been a beautiful spring for outdoor music in New Orleans! Here's Tuba
Skinny performing outside The Tigermen Den in the Bywater on April 25, 2021.
See more from WWOZ video on our YouTube channel!
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WWOZ video has been out this month and we're sharing highlights from some of
the outdoor performances we've captured around New Orleans over the last few
weeks. This is Alynda Mariposa Segarra (Hurray for the Riff Raff) performing
a rare solo show live at Domino Sound Recor...
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Alfred Uganda Roberts became an ancestor one year ago (May 5, 2020). On April
11, 2021, a memorial was held for him in Congo Square.
Roberts played percussion with numerous New Orleans bands and recorded with,
among others, Allen Toussaint, The Meters, Professor Longhair, a...
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Welcome to WWOZ Piano Night 2021: From Our Homes to Yours! This is a benefit
for WWOZ, but as in 2020, no tickets are required. By going virtual we are
able to open our doors and make seats to welcome thousands of guests who
never would have been able to all fit in the same...
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In 2017, the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame collaborated with WWOZ to record
an oral history with "Miss Teen" (Augustine Germaine Lewis), who was Spy
Girl with the Cheyenne Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans in the 1940s and
1950s. Miss Teen passed in March 2021. Here are so...
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It's St. Joseph's Day in New Orleans and the night of March 19 has, for more
than a century, meant that Black Masking Indians step out in neighborhoods
across the city to participate in rituals with long histories.
The trials and tribulations of making a new Indian suit for...
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New Orleanians' creativity can't be dampened by a lack of parades! Here are
just a few of the house floats from all over New Orleans that residents
designed and installed to celebrate Mardi Gras 2021.
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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the next installment of
Sync Up workshops for musicians: Virtual Gigging - Best Practices!
For the last nine months New Orleans artists of all stripes have been
redefining what it means to perform in an unprecedented lands...
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A few weeks ago, WWOZ's video director happened upon friends and family
celebrating the life of New Orleans artist Katie Ray with her second line and
sendoff on the levee at the End of the World in the Bywater. RIP Katie Ray.
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