The project honoring the city's music culture is expected to have a $6 billion impact, but the final location remains ...

Many musicians also had to leave New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, so there was a fear that the city's musical culture could be lost. Then two prominent jazz musicians got together and created a ...

Looking for a way to support WWNO while having some fun? Join WWNO for an inaugural Benefit Concert in celebration of Public Radio Music Day on Wednesday, October 29th from 5:00pm to 7:30pm at the ...

Senegalese bassist and singer Alune Wade celebrates his album New African Orleans with his septet in an exclusive KNKX studio ...

Like many parts of the country, New Orleans is getting hotter. You can see that in the data, feel it in the air and hear it in the music, as Drew Hawkins with the Gulf States Newsroom reports. DREW ...

The pianist and presenter recalls his explosive 1985 documentary, a time in television that no longer exists – and meeting ...

It often feels like New Orleans is more of a brand than a city these days. From NCIS: New Orleans to Beyonce’s “Formation” video and those awful Popeye’s commercials, it’s easy to see why outsiders ...

The past several months have been devastating to the live music scene in New Orleans and consequently to the livelihoods of musicians especially those that play music for a living. New Orleans has a ...

Louisiana has always been a state that dances to its own beat. That beat might be a jazz brunch in Lake Charles, Cajun dance at a traditional pig roast in Baton Rouge, or swamp pop blasting out a ...

The City of New Orleans has launched a new grant program aimed at helping small and mid-sized music venues upgrade sound quality and address neighborhood noise concerns while also providing hands-on ...