Props to our public radio siblings at Fordham Univesity's WFUV for these three songs by Lousisana bluesman Sonny Landreth ("Wonderide", "Forgotten Story", and "Cherry Ball Blues"), recorded August 2, 2012 in WFUV's Studio A in New York. "Wonderide":   "Forgotten Story":  ... Read more

On this week’s program, we celebrate the holidays with some of the musical families of New Orleans, featuring sets by Ellis and Jason Marsalis, Steve and Sasha Masakowski, Aaron and Ivan Neville, and the late Walter Payton and his son, Nicholas Payton. Heritage runs deep and a... Read more

Here's 16 minutes of Youssou N'Dour, the great Senegalese singer, songwriter and precussionist (not to mention his country's current Minister of Tourism & Culture and "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa) preforming at the Africa Festival in ... Read more

Mulgrew Miller and Jelly Roll Justice talk about Miller as a performer, the inability to teach improvisation, what defines jazz, and more. Read more

This Theresa Andersson Liveset performance was streamed live on December 14, 2010 from the Martine Chaisson Gallery on Camp St. in downtown New Orleans. It was published on Jun 28, 2012. The set includes "Oh Mary", "Blue Skies", Fats Domino's "It Keeps Raining", Allen Touss... Read more

If you go to the YouTube home page and enter New Orleans music in the search box, this video is the first result***: Kermit Ruffins, "Drop Me Off In New Orleans", with Jam in the Van parked outside his Treme Speakeasy. Sounds about right! Like all Jam in the Van videos, you... Read more

On today’s show, we spend time with guitarist Spencer Bohren, whose blend of the sacred and the secular provides a musical roadmap of Americana. Our show continues with Renaissance man Tony Green performing Gypsy Jazz, as he examines the nature of beauty through music and art.... Read more

Boom! 11 days of membership drive in the  books! See the bottom of this page for a photo gallery of all the highlights. Thanks to everyone who made it happen, and in record-breaking fashion!. Click here for a complete list of thank-yous. See also the day-by-day listings of h... Read more