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WWOZ Show Host Blog

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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It's all about the Music bike ride

Authored by: Old Man River [Show Host]

Submitted: Mon, 04/15/2013 - 7:30pm

Tag(s): Show host blog

Old Man River is back at it again!

Every Tuesday @ 6pm we will meet in Armstrong Park for the

"it's all about the MUSIC bike ride" which meets at Congo Square

So if MUSIC or CASUAL CYCLING or COOL PEOPLE is yo THANG then meet us at 6pm

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WWOZ Spans the World

Authored by: Jelly Roll Justice [Show Host]

Submitted: Mon, 04/15/2013 - 4:55pm

Tag(s): Show host blog

Arts Minister in Melbourne - Another Jazz Fest Fan

One of the great annual events for us at WWOZ is broadcasting live from the Jazz and Heritage Festival and sharing the music and the musicians with fans around the planet.

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BILL’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY FRENCH QUARTER FEST PICKS! – part 2

Authored by: Bill DeTurk [Show Host]

Submitted: Sat, 04/13/2013 - 8:43am

Tag(s): Show host blog

Congratulations to all my friends at The French Quarter Fest on this special 30^th anniversary celebration! This year the largest free music festival in the South features 271 performers on 21 stages, as well as, par normal, the world’s largest jazz brunch in Jackson Square.

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Let's Talk About Some Music. The EMP Pop Music Conference is Coming to Town, April 19-21!

Authored by: Soul Sister [Show Host]

Submitted: Fri, 04/12/2013 - 1:11pm

Tag(s): Show host blog

Heads up about a really cool (and free) conference coming to town over the weekend of April 19-21.

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BIIL’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY FRENCH QUARTER FEST PICKS! – part 1

Authored by: Bill DeTurk [Show Host]

Submitted: Thu, 04/11/2013 - 8:33am

Tag(s): Show host blog

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Second Lining in the Snow?

Authored by: Jamie Dell'Apa [Show Host]

Submitted: Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:04pm

Tag(s): Reflections and rants and Show host blog

Lillian Boutte at the Roger Ebert Second Line

New Orleans musicians and an auditorium full of appreciative fans of our music created a second line for Roger Ebert, the film critic and

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Say My Name Your Way: Reflections on a Multilingual Life

Authored by: Suzanne Corley [Show Host]

Submitted: Sat, 04/06/2013 - 10:23am

Tag(s): Show host blog

Say My Name Your Way: Reflections on a Multilingual LIfe

A lot of people around the radio station tease me about being the foreign language pronunciation patrol, which I don't mind, because learning foreign languages has been among the best journeys of my life. Certainly I couldn't do the shows I do without them.

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WWOZ/Angola Prison Music Project

Authored by: Jelly Roll Justice [Show Host]

Submitted: Fri, 04/05/2013 - 11:26am

Tag(s): Show host blog

Thank you to everyone who contibuted CDs
to this spring's drive for KLSP-91.7 FM!

Your outpouring of generosity is deeply appreciated!

We will be collecting albums again before the winter holiday season.

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Mulgrew Miller to Visit "Jazz from the Market"

Authored by: Jelly Roll Justice [Show Host]

Submitted: Sat, 03/30/2013 - 4:59pm

Tag(s): Show host blog

The brilliant jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller will visit WWOZ this Thursday (April 4th) just after 5:00 p.m. before heading over to Snug Harbor for his special shows at 8 and 10.

On Wednesday, the night before, he will be playing with an ensemble of University of New Orleans students at Jazz at the Sandbar (Cove) starting at 7 p.m.

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