If you didn't catch jazz-soul-funk pianist Nigel Hall the other day at French Quarter Fest (see the photo above), he'll be appearing at WWOZ's Piano Night on April 28. Below, he does a solo version of the Soulive song "Never Know" at the MoBoogie Loft in Denver in 2010.   Read more

Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses look like they're having a great time in the latest Bloody Sunday Session (see below) video, and it's just as much fun to watch. "Ferryman", an original Nealand composition, appears on the season two Treme soundtrack. And who knew? In additi... Read more

He played yesterday afternoon at French Quarter Fest, so here's a little Dr. John to mark the occasion. It's the official video for "Revolution" from Locked Down", filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music by Reid Long.   Read more

Robin Barnes performs tomorrow, April 11, on the "Esplanade in the Shade" at the Mint during French Quarter Fest 2014, from which WWOZ will be live broadcasting. Here she is doing "What a Wonderful World" at the New Orleans Polo Club.   Read more

Meet David Paquette, one of the players at this year's Piano Night. Here he is doing Irving Berlin's "Walking Stick & Something"; there's some biographical information below.     From Paquette's Reverbnation page: David Paquette is an International Jazz Pianist whose care... Read more

The late, great Snooks Eaglin is in fine form and accompanied by George Porter Jr. in these videos from at the Lone Star Roadhouse in New York. The venue existed from 1989-92 (it was a successor to the Lone Star Cafe, 1976-1989) ); this, combined with the fact that most of ... Read more

Here's an entertaining way to spend an hour this weekend: the Skatalites, live at the Church House Inn in Providence, RI, 1990. The minute-or-so long black-and-white introduction, outlining the Skatalites' importance, suggests it was recorded for TV.   Read more

Eric Lindell, rolling down the streets of New Orleans in mule cart, gives a soulful blues-rock reading of "Bayou Country," a song he attributes to Luther Kent and Duke Bardwell. Bardwell, of Baton Rouge and Elvis' one-time bass player, was Kent's cousin. Kent's band Cold Gr... Read more

The Radiators give a lovely performance of  Bob Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" at The Bottom Line, the legendary and now-defunct Greenwich Village venue, on February 21, 1991. Dylan wrote this much-covered song (with notable versions by the Byrds, Joan Baez, Earl Scruggs... Read more

2014 Piano Night happens April 28 at the House of Blues New Orleans, and Ellis will be in the building! Check him out doing "Love for Sale" at the Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival in July 1992. Vitoria-Gasteiz is the second largest city in the Basque region of Spain.     Read more