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Welcome to the WWOZ Show Host Blog! This is where our beloved deejays sound off on pretty much anything they want.

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Big Plans for Big 7

Authored by: Christy [Show Host]
Submitted: Thu, 02/02/2012 - 2:20pm
Tag(s): Mardi Gras and Show host blog
Special Show Air Time: Friday, February 3, 2012 - 10:00am - 10:30am
Original Big 7 Cultural & Heritage Division

A space for kids to discover their talents and celebrate their own amazing culture: second lines, brass bands, Mardi Gras Indians and more - that's what the Original Big 7 Cultural Division provides. Take the Red Flame Hunters: the Big 7's own Mardi Gras Indian tribe, composed entirely of children (with some mighty grown-up design and sewing skills).

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A vintage DJ, a trombone player, live music, and Mardi Gras Indians!

Authored by: Raymond Kent [Show Host]
Submitted: Thu, 02/02/2012 - 8:33am
Tag(s): Show host blog
Special Show Air Time: Friday, February 3, 2012 - 6:00am - 9:00am

This Friday, February 3rd from 6 to 9 a.m. during the Friday Morning Set and at The Jazz Crossroads we observe the birthday of (and I play a request from) a man who was a WWOZ show host for 24 years!

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Missing from Wednesday - I'm at IBC in Memphis

Authored by: Big D [Show Host]
Submitted: Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:34pm
Tag(s): Show host blog

I have been missing for two weeks and will be out for one more week. The last two I had work that kept me away from the city on Wednesday. This week while I will be working during the day I will be on Beale Street each evening for The International Blues Challenge. IBC is the largest gathering of blues band in the world.

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Paul Robeson In Songs and Spirit

Authored by: Sally Young [Show Host]
Submitted: Wed, 01/25/2012 - 1:37pm
Tag(s): Show host blog

Susan Robeson, granddaughter of the late, great Paul Robeson will be in WWOZ's studio Thursday morning to talk about her grandfather's life and music, & honoring his legacy through the Paul Robeson Foundation.

Tune in to the Traditional Jazz Show Thursday 9- 11 AM New Orleans time on WWOZ 90.7 FM.

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New Orleans writers and artists wanted

Authored by: Mark LaMaire [Show Host]
Submitted: Wed, 01/25/2012 - 11:48am
Tag(s): Show host blog

New Orleanians are invited to enter short works and artwork for New Orleans by New Orleans, an upcoming collection of stories and art inspired by New Orleans and the people who live there.

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Tonight's show

Authored by: Jamie Dell'Apa [Show Host]
Submitted: Sat, 01/21/2012 - 6:33pm
Tag(s): Show host blog

The Cackle

 

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Blaze Foley documentary w/Gurf Morlix at Chickie Wah Wah on Saturday

Authored by: Carrie [Show Host]
Submitted: Thu, 01/19/2012 - 3:02pm
Tag(s): Live event and Show host blog
Blaze Foley, the Duct Tape Messiah

The feature-length music documentary "Duct Tape Messiah" comes to Chickie Wah Wah on Saturday, January 21, 2012. The film captures the life of legendary Texan crooner Blaze Foley, who died homeless and with no official albums released. Since his murder in 1989, Foley's music has been covered by Wilie Nelson, Merle Haggard, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Nancy Griffith, and more.

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Sorry, I'll be out on Jan. 28, 2012

Authored by: Big Pete [Show Host]
Submitted: Tue, 01/17/2012 - 6:55pm
Tag(s): Show host blog

Sorry, got someplace to be. I'll be out on Jan. 21 but will be back on the 28th. Please let me know if there's any trad jazz tune or musician you want to hear.

BP

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Epiphany!

Authored by: Raymond Kent [Show Host]
Submitted: Thu, 01/05/2012 - 8:45am
Tag(s): Show host blog
Special Show Air Time: Friday, January 6, 2012 - 6:00am - 9:00am

Friday, January 6th is Epiphany, and on that day from 6 to 9 a.m.

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Annual Sun Ra New Years Show

Authored by: David Kunian [Show Host]
Submitted: Tue, 12/27/2011 - 11:31am
Tag(s): Show host blog
Special Show Air Time: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:00pm - Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 12:00am
Sun Ra Poetry

The KItchen Sink Tone Scientists of Ecstatic Space will bring you the annual Sun Ra New Years Party on WWOZ.  At least 2 hours of Sun Ra from the over 60 recordings that the Scientists have accumulated.  Expect Space, Time, Jazz, Space Time Jazz, and the Astro Infinity Arkestra from the limitless repetoire of Sun Ra.  Doo Wop, Swing, Avant Garde - it will all be here.  And a

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Big Plans for Big 7

Authored by: Christy [Show Host]
Submitted: Thu, 02/02/2012 - 2:20pm
Tag(s): Mardi Gras and Show host blog
Special Show Air Time: Friday, February 3, 2012 - 10:00am - 10:30am
Original Big 7 Cultural & Heritage Division

A space for kids to discover their talents and celebrate their own amazing culture: second lines, brass bands, Mardi Gras Indians and more - that's what the Original Big 7 Cultural Division provides. Take the Red Flame Hunters: the Big 7's own Mardi Gras Indian tribe, composed entirely of children (with some mighty grown-up design and sewing skills).

Read More & Comment

A vintage DJ, a trombone player, live music, and Mardi Gras Indians!

Authored by: Raymond Kent [Show Host]
Submitted: Thu, 02/02/2012 - 8:33am
Tag(s): Show host blog
Special Show Air Time: Friday, February 3, 2012 - 6:00am - 9:00am

This Friday, February 3rd from 6 to 9 a.m. during the Friday Morning Set and at The Jazz Crossroads we observe the birthday of (and I play a request from) a man who was a WWOZ show host for 24 years!

Read More & Comment

Missing from Wednesday - I'm at IBC in Memphis

Authored by: Big D [Show Host]
Submitted: Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:34pm
Tag(s): Show host blog

I have been missing for two weeks and will be out for one more week. The last two I had work that kept me away from the city on Wednesday. This week while I will be working during the day I will be on Beale Street each evening for The International Blues Challenge. IBC is the largest gathering of blues band in the world.

Read More & Comment

Paul Robeson In Songs and Spirit

Authored by: Sally Young [Show Host]
Submitted: Wed, 01/25/2012 - 1:37pm
Tag(s): Show host blog

Susan Robeson, granddaughter of the late, great Paul Robeson will be in WWOZ's studio Thursday morning to talk about her grandfather's life and music, & honoring his legacy through the Paul Robeson Foundation.

Tune in to the Traditional Jazz Show Thursday 9- 11 AM New Orleans time on WWOZ 90.7 FM.

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New Orleans writers and artists wanted

Authored by: Mark LaMaire [Show Host]
Submitted: Wed, 01/25/2012 - 11:48am
Tag(s): Show host blog

New Orleanians are invited to enter short works and artwork for New Orleans by New Orleans, an upcoming collection of stories and art inspired by New Orleans and the people who live there.

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