Gary Clark, Jr. is a name you will soon be hearing a lot more of. With a
style that mixes the grittiness of The Black Keys and showmanship of Lenny
Kravitz, Clark is part of the rocking "new blues" family that was first
popularized by The White Stripes in the early 2000s. ...
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Knock Knock Joke
Another midnight to 3am shift of entertaining Saturday night drunk drivers.
Tonight's musical features include the swamp sound extending from Louisiana
to Houston with songs from Excello and Duke / Peacock labels. We'll also
give our recent Wild Jimmy S...
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False prophets, or rather, critics label Dax Riggs with words like
“dark”, “morbid”, “goth” but maybe they are confused by his album
titles such as “We Sing of Only Blood or Love” or song titles such as
“I Hear Satan“.
I see him more as an angel crying out of the the da...
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In the 1980s, the audience for Louisiana music was a mere handful of hipsters
fans. Music collector types. Louisiana music wasn't on radio or
commercials or movie sound tracks. There was no "Treme." The local
musicians we take for granted today were barely gigging in to...
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Coach, a prominent figure in the Mardi Gras Indian community, passed away on
Friday, August 5th.
Collins Anthony "Coach" Lewis was a member of several Mardi Gras Indian
gangs, including the FiYiYi and Mandingo Warriors. He also volunteered with
the BackStreet Museum. Coac...
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Join us tonight on the Kitchen Sink Show at 10:00 p.m. as Mr. Quintron stops
in to Guest D.J.
Rumor has it that he will be bringing a copy of the 2011 Ninth Ward Marching
Band recordings from their Piety Street recording sessions.
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Trumpet Mike Kobrin is originally from Brooklyn. He moved to New
Orleans and was the web editor and music listings editor at WWOZ for about
two years.
Mike says: “That was up until about the end of 2010 when I
decided to take it full time to the trumpet ‘caus...
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The best creative collaborations always seem to draw individuals who’ve
come from different points to converge suddenly at a crossroads in a
seemingly “accidental” moment. But…we know that nothing simply
happens by accident!
Today’s Jazz from the French Market highligh...
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According to my own personal calculations, the word will end on Saturday
night at midnight. Tune in to WWOZ for the soundtrack, including Radiohead,
Johnny Cash and The Blind Boys. Find out if it ends with a bang or a whimper.
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