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Tribute to the Great Billy Delle

Tue, 11/20/18

Authored by: A.J. Rodrigue (Boudin Man)

Open Your Windows Open Your Doors. Tune in Wednesday November 21 at 10:00 p.m. as the Wednesday Night Kitchen Sink Snow pays tribute to the Great Billy Delle by rebroadcasting an “Archive Edition” of a Records from the Crypt Show originally aired Feb 2011 in which Billy ha... Read more

Rhythm Room Playlist 11/16/18

Sat, 11/17/18

Authored by: Allan "Alski" Laskey

1 Skokian Carlos Malcolm & His Afro-Jama 02:42 Skamania-The Sound Of The Soil 2 Strange Man Dorothy Love Coates 04:07 The Essential Gospel Sampler 3 The Challenge The Staple Singers 03:43 We'll Get Over '70 4 Man, Oh Man T... Read more

Video: Pinettes Brass Band at WWOZ

Fri, 11/16/18

Authored by: Carrie Booher

Original Pinettes Brass Band joined us in the studio this afternoon for a special sneak preview of their performance at Treme Creole Gumbo Fest! See them Sunday, November 18 in Armstrong Park. Read more

5 things to know for 11/16 - 11/22

Thu, 11/15/18

Authored by: Carrie Booher

1) This Friday and Saturday, WWOZ and New Orleans Airlift are honored to host the Sun Ra Arkestra, historic pioneers of the musical language of human liberation through Afrofuturism, under the legendary leadership of Director Marshall Allen at the Music Box Village. This is... Read more

In Memoriam: Billy Delle

Thu, 11/15/18

Longtime WWOZ show host Billy Delle has passed away at the age of 76. His family announced his cause of death as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. He hosted Records From The Crypt on WWOZ, hours of "scratchy 45s," as he referred to them, of New Orleans R&B from the 1950s and 1... Read more

Video: Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters at 'OZ

Thu, 11/15/18

Authored by: Carrie Booher

The Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters joined host Sally Young in the studio this morning for a hopping Thursday morning! Check out their set below. Read more

Improv Across The Arts, a Tricentennial Conference Nov. 30-Dec. 2

Wed, 11/14/18

Authored by: Carrie Booher

Improv Across The Arts, a Tricentennial Conference, will be taking place at venues across New Orleans starting Friday, November 30 and running through Sunday, December 1. This dynamic conference is bringing together internationally known performers, artists, and scholars in... Read more

Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters at 'OZ, Th. ~10a

Wed, 11/14/18

Authored by: Carrie Booher

Landry Walker's The Chosen Ones Brass Band joined us in the studio this afternoon for the November edition of School Groove! Check out their performance below. This is the group that won the 'Class Got Brass' competition last spring. Read more