WWOZ Show Host Blog

While those of you in New Orleans are dealing with all the fun that comes with Super Bowl, I will be in Memphis (most likely freezing) and participating in the Blues Society's International Blues Challenge.

A great thing about being a New Orleanian in New York City is the steady stream of familiar faces you get to see, whether just passing through or here for a while. The Crescent City and the Big Apple cross-pollinate quite a bit, especially within the music community. Both musicians and their fans seem to dig each other’s scenes and frequent them often. How could they not?

There will be a group sale happening on Saturday, January 19 from 9 AM until 4:30 PM to benefit One World Family International Non-Profit Organization.  For sale will be an amazing collection of clothing from Thailand, handmade jewelry from Angee Jackson (owner of Miette Boutique on Magazine Street), boxes of vinyl records (jazz, reggae, world music, rock/pop), hundreds of jazz CD's, d

While out at the Bestoff Sculpture Garden in City Park this Tuesday morning --- where I volunteer --- I was approached by an elderly tourist from Paris who could not speak any English.  She needed to ask a question about the garden, and began with 

"Pardonnez mon francais."