Robert "Bob" French Sr., the longtime leader and drummer of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band and an outspoken, at times controversial, WWOZ-FM deejay, died on Monday, Nov. 12, after a long illness. He ...

WWOZ, 90.7 FM, the radio station that’s heard by a vast community of listeners in the New Orleans metro area and beyond, marks its 34th birthday Friday at Tipitina’s. The station has about 20,000 ...

This Grammy-winning trombonist overcame focal dystonia, a neurological disorder that affects the muscles, and he continues to ...

New Orleans radio station WWOZ is now almost synonymous with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, with a shared history that goes back almost to the founding of WWOZ. In 1982, when WWOZ had been ...

NEW ORLEANS — This year's New Orleans and Jazz Heritage Festival may be canceled, but WWOZ still plans to bring the music and culture of New Orleans to the world as it does every year, presenting ...

For 36 years at the Audubon Zoo, the many mothers of New Orleans, and the few of us guys that were invited to come along, were given the gift of Irma Thomas on Mother’s Day. “Mother’s Day is a very ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS— The return of The New Orleans ...

Frontman of the Swamp Daddys, McQuiston also worked behind the scenes as a band manager/promoter and did a popular blues show for years on ‘OZ. His best-known record was a single, “The Quick ...

NEW ORLEANS — WWOZ(FM), known as The Guardians of the Groove, is an independent, volunteer-powered community radio station located in New Orleans, broadcasting 100 kW of analog at 90.7 FM, and ...