On Thursday, the Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival begins! This year, the event will be virtual and WWOZ is partnering with the festival to bring their audience and our audience a space to celebrate this special musician. Each interview and performance can be viewed at Danny Barker Festival's Facebook page, WWOZ's Facebook page, or WWOZ's YouTube channel.

Videos will remain available on Facebook and YouTube after they stream.

Schedule:

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14

11:30am Roger Dickerson interview
12:30pm Catherine Russell and Paul Kahn interview
1:30pm Mark Brooks Quartet live from the New Orleans Jazz Museum balcony
3pm Charmaine Neville Band live from the New Orleans Jazz Museum balcony
4pm A Look into the Danny and Blue Lu Barker Collection at Tulane University Special Collections, with Melissa A. Weber, Curator, Hogan Jazz Archive

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15

11:30am Dr. Michael White interview
12:30pm Dee Dee Bridgewater interview
1:30pm John Boutte live from the New Orleans Jazz Museum balcony
3pm Danny Barker Tribute Band featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater
4pm Matt Martinez "Best of Danny and Blue Lu" video

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16

11am Leyla McCalla interview
12pm Don Vappie's grioTrio live from the New Orleans Jazz Museum balcony
1:30pm Treme Brass Band featuring Black Men of Labor live from the New Orleans Jazz Museum balcony
3pm Leyla McCalla live from the New Orleans Jazz Museum balcony