In honor of Allen Toussaint's birthday on January 14, we're spending this
week looking back at some fantastic tributes that our 2016 Piano Night
performers paid to him last April. See the whole collection here.
Today, we've got Marty Sammon performing 'Southern Nights,' one...
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Tune in tonight (Tuesday, January 10) as host David Kunian hosts a 5-part
Danny Barker radio project in honor of Barker's birthday on January 13 and
this week's Danny Barker Guitar & Banjo Festival.
Listen here from 10p-12a! If you miss it, it'll be available afterwards on ...
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In honor of Allen Toussaint's birthday on January 14, we're spending this
week looking back at some fantastic tributes that our 2016 Piano Night
performers paid to him last April. See the whole collection here.
Today, we've got John Papa Gros performing 'On Your Way Down' f...
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While he’s not busy touring around the country with jazz/funk band Naughty
Professor or performing and recording with other New Orleans musicians,
bassist Noah Young is hard at work finding outlets for his own compositions
with the Noah Young Band.
Young’s side project’s d...
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In honor of Allen Toussaint's birthday on January 14, we're spending this
week looking back at some fantastic tributes that our 2016 Piano Night
performers paid to him last April. See the whole collection here.
Up first, Joe Krown performs 'Mother-In-Law,' the 1961 hit made...
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1) It's Carnival Time! January 6 is Twelfth Night and marks the start of the
2017 Carnival season in New Orleans. There is plenty going on tonight,
including Phunny Phorty Phellows and Not So Secret Society of the Elysian
Fields (see the full 2017 parade schedule here) and ...
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Twelfth Night is upon us, marking the start of the 2017 Carnival season!
Check out the New Orleans parade schedule (subject to change) below.
Friday, January 6
7p Phunny Phorty Phellows (St. Charles Streetcar)
7:30p Not So Secret Society of the Elysian Fields (Rampart Street...
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The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival returns Thursday, January 12 to
Sunday, January 15. This annual festival is held each January in honor of the
late Danny Barker's birthday on the 13th.
WWOZ will be broadcasting and video streaming live from the opening night of
the...
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A new release from Mahalia Jackson features 11 previously unheard tracks
discovered through research at The Historic New Orleans Collection. Moving On
Up A Little Higher was released by Shanachie Records in late September 2016
and produced by Anthony Heilbut, a respected re...
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