WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with saxophonist, composer and actor Calvin Johnson about his much and upcoming WBGO Kids Jazz Series ...

Inside a theatre just off of Bourbon Street, a jazz band grooves for an audience of excited second graders on a field trip. As the music fills the decades-old Preservation Hall, the kids laugh, dance ...

I hope you’re ready for all that jazz. And jambalaya. And some really good juju. So here you are coming to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for the first time — or maybe making a repeat ...

For the past couple of months, OffBeat has posted a survey on our website, just to get an idea of what our readers like, their opinions on political matters related to music, how they use information ...

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

Saxophones, trumpets and drums are everywhere in New Orleans, the city where jazz was born. Musicians perform jazz sets on streets, inside cafes, bars, restaurants and auditoriums. It’s no wonder then ...

New Orleans conducted a deeply meaningful ceremony combining multifaith memorial services with traditional jazz funeral celebrations to honor 19 African American individuals whose remains were finally ...

The 2025 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival was attend by 460,000 fans, organizers announced in a news release. “Thanks to all our loyal Louisiana fans for attending and making this Festival the ...