Happy New Year!!!
1) Check out our Livewire Music Calendar or Livewire iPhone app for all of
the great shows happening around town on New Year's Eve and New Years Day.
Our top pick is Foundation of Funk and Dumpstaphunk at the Joy Theater. Ring
in 2017 in fully funkified f...
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Lady & Men Rollers stepped out on Sunday, December 25 for their annual second
line parade and WWOZ was there to catch the scene. Christmas in New Orleans,
baby!
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University of New Orleans Distinguished Musical Scholarship recipient and
bassist Thomas Pol features a collection of original compositions and
collaboration on his new release, In America. The album features three
different groups that engage the listener in a well thought...
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Michael Torregano, Sr. stopped by our studio with some festive cheer on
December 15. See his lively performance of the holiday classic, 'Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing.'
Merry Christmas!
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On Thursday, December 15, we welcomed a number of musicians into our studio
to perform live on the air between 7 and 10p. Calvin Johnson and Albinas
Prizgintas presented a lovely short Christmas set in anticipation of their
Christmas concert at Trinity Church the following ...
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Daptone Records released a new holiday video this week starring a claymation
Sharon Jones, a soul star for the modern era. Jones passed away on November
18. Watch this heart-warming video for 'Please Come Home For Christmas,' off
of It's A Holiday Soul Party.
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Ahhhh, a New Orleans holiday classic! It's Dr. John and Leon Redbone
performing 'Frosty the Snowman,' a true product of its time. This is from the
1990 album Christmas Island.
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Released earlier in September 2016, Christmastime in New Orleans captures
some of New Orleans’ finest jazz musicians coming together with fresh
swinging arrangements of these timeless holiday favorites. Christmastime in
New Orleans includes such merry classics as 'Silver Be...
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