New vinyl albums from Irma Thomas, Little Freddie King, Jon Cleary, and Ellis Marsalis were released yesterday on Newvelle Records! The four artists came together last winter for "The New Orleans Collection," recorded at Esplanade Studios as a tribute to the city's musical ... Read more

Congratulations to Johnny Vidacovich on being awarded the "Lifetime Achievement in Music" at the Gambit's Big Easy Awards! "Johnny Vidacovich, in his more than 50 years performing, has drummed with Mose Allison, Chet Baker, James Booker, Joe Henderson, Professor Longhair, ... Read more

The 2020 New Orleans Film Festival is happening November 6-22! The film fest is one of the few festivals that will feature in-person events this year, as the New Orleans Film Society has created a combination festival involving outdoor open air cinemas and at-home streaming... Read more

We are proud to share that WWOZ has been honored with a record-breaking nine nominations by the Press Club of New Orleans for Excellence in Journalism! The nominations encompass media produced and published during the 2019 calendar year. Here are our nominations: Best Rad... Read more

Here's something new from WWOZ video: Telephone Grooves, a game of musical telephone! While artists and audiences struggle with not being able to work, perform, and create together in person, we enlisted eight artists across New Orleans to collaborate in a new but socially... Read more

As New Orleanians and, this time, the world, battle another disaster, viewers have the opportunity to screen One Note At A Time from home on August 29 and 30 in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the federal flood.  The film was filmed over the ... Read more

We are remembering Leigh "Little Queenie" Harris today. Last year, New Orleans City Council honored her by proclaiming July 27, her birthday, as Little Queenie Day. Read more

This performance happened 50 years ago today at Newport Jazz Festival. Read more

The new video from Killer Whale for 'Comfortable' is giving out major early MTV vibes! Check it out below:  Read more

Blues fans, check out this jam session with Henry Gray, Bobby Rush, Carol Fran and Lazy Lester. Between songs, Gray talks about playing with Howlin' Wolf and the reputation Wolf had as being "mean." Read more