Film/Video

Video: Vasti Jackson at Blues & BBQ Fest

Mon, 10/09/17
Vasti Jackson laid down a great performance at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2014-- check out a lengthy highlight below. He's not performing this year, but a ton of other great artists are. Check out this year's lineup here. If you can't be there in person, WWOZ will be br... Read more

The B.E.A.T.

Sat, 10/07/17
Weekend watch-- check out this 2014 mini-documentary on the rise of bounce music in New Orleans. Read more

Video: Allen Toussaint w/The Funky Meters

Thu, 10/05/17
There are special moments at every Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest but this has to be one of the best in the festival's entire history-- check out when Allen Toussaint joined The Funky Meters onstage at the 2015 festival for a performance of 'Ride Your Pony.' This was one of... Read more

Video: Bobby Rush at Blues & BBQ Fest 'Ain't She Fine'

Wed, 10/04/17
Bobby Rush knows how to make an entrance! Check out his performance from Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2014 below. He'll be headlining this year's festival on Sunday, October 15.  Read more

The Suffers at Blues & BBQ Fest 2016

Tue, 10/03/17
The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest is coming up October 13-15! WWOZ video has been on hand to capture footage from the festival in recent years. Check out this highlight from one of last year's performers-- Houston's The Suffers performing 'Everything Here.'  This year's h... Read more

Blues & BBQ preview: Little Freddie King

Mon, 10/02/17
The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest is coming up October 13-15! Little Freddie King will hit the stage at Lafayette Square again on Sunday, October 15 from 3:15-4:30p.  Check out his performance at the festival last year below as captured by the WWOZ Video team.  Read more

Video: St. Roch Syncopators live at 'OZ

Mon, 10/02/17
Authored by Carrie Booher
The St. Roch Syncopators joined host Dan Meyer on the Monday morning Traditional Jazz show today. Check out their spirited performance that reached a worldwide audience. Folks watching on Facebook let us know they were tuning in from Switzerland, Ireland, Canada, Brazil, It... Read more

New video from Hot 8: 'St James Infirmary'

Thu, 09/28/17
The Hot 8 Brass Band strips down and takes it way back with this raw and powerful video for 'St. James Infirmary,' a jazz standard with its roots in the 19th century. The song was made famous by Louis Armstrong's 1928 recording. Read more

Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2017 Lineup (10/13-10/15)

Tue, 09/26/17
The 2017 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest is coming! The sound of great blues and scent of delicious BBQ will fill the air surrounding Lafayette Square the weekend of Oct. 13-15. Check out this year's lineup below and if you can't make it there yourself, tune in to WWOZ's liv... Read more

Video: Edna Karr Brass Band at 'OZ

Mon, 09/25/17
Authored by Carrie Booher
We welcomed the mighty Edna Karr Brass Band, led by director Chris Herrero, into our studios for the first episode of School Groove of the 2017-18 school year earlier today! Check it out: Read more

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