Barbara Lynn, The Empress of Gulf Coast Soul, has been named a National
Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow for 2018. She is one of nine
recipients to receive the Fellowship this year. Fellows are honored as those
who carry on and contribute to art forms from th...
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1 A Toi Mado Bebe Manga 05:13 Amie
2 Sidonie Malavoi 05:12 La Case A Lucie (LP)
3 nyoka yendara the green arrows 02:55 4-track
recording session
4 El burrito Conjunto Los Reales Orenses 02:10 El
Polvorete
5 ...
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1 Summertime Sound Dimension 03:03 Mojo
Rocksteady Beat
2 Pocomania Day Lovindeer 06:01 One Day Christian
3 Things I Used To Do (Hollywood 1120) Earl Gaines 03:13
A Long Time Ago (Singles Collection 1955-75)
4 The Jealous K...
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Bruce Daigrepont and his wife, Sue, joined Black Mold on the New Orleans
Music Show this afternoon! Cajun Zydeco Fest is happening at Armstrong Park
this weekend, and Bruce will be opening the festival on Saturday at
11a. For more info and whole lineup, click here.
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1) It's the Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Fest in Armstrong Park this weekend! This
year's headliners are Grammy Award winners Lost Bayou Ramblers and Dwayne
Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, plus many others excellent performers! Check
out the full lineup for this free festival ha...
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Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots joined Michael Dominici on the New Orleans
Music Show this afternoon! Cajun Zydeco Fest is happening at Armstrong Park
this weekend, and this group will be hitting the stage Saturday, June 23 from
4:15-5:30p. For more info and whole lineup, c...
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The 2018 Satchmo Summer Festival, New Orleans' annual tribute to Louis
Armstrong, happens the first weekend in August each year. Armstrong's
birthday was August 4. This year's festival is taking place at the New
Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint from August 3-5. Dail...
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Check out this beacon of positivity and devotion from Shamarr Allen & the
Underdawgs! Just released last week, the video includes Shamarr’s family
and friends and touches on the importance of expressing love to those who
mean most to you every day.
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A couple of changes in our programming schedule we'd like to share with
listeners:
Derrick Freeman, host of the Wednesday edition of the New Orleans Music
Show since 2016, is stepping down from his regular time slot but will still
be on WWOZ as a substitute show host. Best...
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Tune in Wednesday morning as host Breaux Bridges pays tribute to Lorraine
Gordon, owner/operator of the legendary NYC jazz club The Village Vanguard
from 6-9a on The Morning Set. Ms. Gordon died on Saturday, June 9, at age
95. He'll be playing tracks of some of the many re...
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