By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Outstanding New Orleans pianist and composer Tom McDermott joins forces with superb clarinetist Evan Christopher to play Jazz Fest Saturday, May 1st.

To find out more about Tom McDermott - please click here .

For more information about the 41st Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Presented by Shell - please click here .

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Great New Orleans singer Topsy Chapman - and her daughters Yolanda Windsay and Jolynda Phillips - performing as Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony - bring their exquisite vocal harmonies and captivating stage presence to Jazz Fest Thursday, April 29, 2010.

To find out more about Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony - please click here .

New Orleans, LA –

By Eileen Fleming

By Andre Perry

New Orleans, LA – Andre Perry discusses Louisiana Senate Bill 66,which would require charter schools to admit students from the neighborhood.

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – New Orleans guitarist and composer Steve Masakowski and his colleagues in Astral Project have set a very high standard for modern jazz in the Crescent City for over 30 years. Masakowski's latest project is a quintet - Nova NOLA - that includes his daughter Sasha - and son Martin...

To find out more about Nova NOLA - please click here .

By Diane Mack

New Orleans, La. – The 6th Annual Old Algiers RiverFest kicks off two days of traditional jazz along the Mississippi River.

New Orleans, LA – New Orleans born actor Wendell Pierce talks with WWNO's Paul Maassen about the HBO series "Treme", growing up in New Orleans, and his involvement with the free LPO outdoor concert in Ponchartrain Park this Saturday.

People around south Louisiana know better than most how the feeling of a special place can endure even after it's been wiped from the map. Sometimes it's just the recollection of happy times or meaningful occasions spent there, like at family homes now plowed under or churches or schools disappeared from a city's landscape. And sometimes a bit more remains, something tangible like a memento from a landmark destination now vanished.

New Orleans, LA – From the HBO series Treme, actor Wendell Pierce talks to WWNO about the show and growing up in NOLA, The Zurich PGA Golf Classic in New Orleans, and author Tom Sancton - "Song of my Fathers"