NEW ORLEANS 2008 JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL

Billboard is reporting that Diana Krall, Stevie Wonder, Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea, Billy Joel, Santana, Al Green, Robert Plant and Alison Kraus will be among the dozens of acts performing at the New Orleans' annual Jazz & Heritage Festival. The annual fest is scheduled for April 25th to 27th and May 1st to 4th at New Orleans' Fair Grounds Race Course. Other acts confirmed to appear include Jimmy Buffet, the Neville Brothers, Tim McGraw, Sheryl Crow, Dr. John, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, Keyshia Cole, the Raconteurs, Widespread Panic, Irma Thomas, John Prine, Randy Newman, the Roots, Del McCoury and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. In addition, Little Richard will perform the night before the festival opens (April 24th), at a fundraiser for the Jazz & Heritage Foundation's charitable endeavors at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. For schedules and ticket information, log on to nojazzfest.com.