HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1) A few choice picks for New Year's Eve (Sunday). Full listings available at
the WWOZ Livewire.
Tank & the Bangas, Sweet Crude, and Alfred Banks w/Cruel Nasty at the Joy
Theater
Jon Cleary at Chickie Wah Wah
Galactic at Tipitina's
Tab Benoit at Rock'n'Bowl...
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We're featuring WWOZ's top videos of 2017! This one features some highlights
from Southern Decadence, a six-day LGBTQ event held over Labor Day weekend
each year in New Orleans. The weekend includes a parade through the French
Quarter on the Sunday before Labor Day.
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The students from Warren Easton Jazz Band joined us in the studio for the
December edition of School Groove!
Check out their performance from Monday, December 11 below.
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We're featuring WWOZ's top videos of 2017! In this, Cyril Neville & Swamp
Funk perform 'Big Chief Jolly' at WWOZ on July 6. The song's namesake is the
Neville Brothers' uncle and Big Chief of famous The Wild Tchoupitoulas. The
tribe's 1976 album The Wild Tchoupitoulas is no...
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We're featuring WWOZ's top videos of 2017! In this, the Valley of Silent Men
kick off the 2017-18 second line season in New Orleans on August 27 (in the
rain!). This shows the start of the parade as the club members step out of
Tapp's on S. Rocheblave then takes you inside ...
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We're featuring WWOZ's top videos of 2017!
In this, Cajun music legend D.L. Menard performs his hit, 'The Back Door / La
Porte d'en Arrière' with his usual backup, the Jambalaya Cajun Band, at
Cajun Zydeco Fest on June 24. He passed away just over a month later, on July
27.
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1 Jingle_Bells Mato_ 03:05
2 Peace Will Come Southern Avenue 04:11 Southern
Avenue
3 Bridges Instead Of Walls Staple Singers 04:01
Be What You Are
4 Christmas in the Tropics The De Paur Chorus 02:33
Calypso Ch...
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We're featuring WWOZ's top videos of 2017! In this, Tom McDermott and Aurora
Nealand perform at their regular gig at Buffa's in June. Both perform in
various capacities with a number of different musicians. Aurora can also be
seen regularly with Panorama Jazz Band, The Roya...
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1) It's a big holiday week and there are many great shows happening across
the city. Check out the WWOZ Livewire for full listings. A few choice picks
for this week: Dr. John & the Gris-Gris Krewe and Cha Wa at Tipitina's on
Wednesday and Thursday, Nicholas Payton Trio at t...
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The Trombone Shorty Foundation, the Gia Malone Prima Foundation, and the New
Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation will host the annual Tunes for Toys, a toy
drive and concert at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz and Heritage Center (1225
N. Rampart Street) on Thursday, December ...
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