The presence of Mardi Gras Indians and Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs are a huge
part of what gives Jazz Fest its singular atmosphere. Check out these shots
of the Indians and club members at the 49th Annual Jazz Fest as captured by
the WWOZ photography team!
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No Andy Williams, not Christmas,
the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the unchallenged greatest music and
culture event on the planet. This is my first day out this year and there is
no shortage of talent to keep me entertained...
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1 sea cruise rico rodriguez 03:02 that man is
forward (reissue 1998)
2 Promised Land The Black Sorrows 02:34
Sonola/Rockin' Zydeco
3 02 Running Free - Joe Creighton 04:13
4 I Shall Not Be Moved Blind Boys Of Alabama ...
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We've got photo highlights from Day 1 of Jazz Fest 2018 rolling in all day
and night long! Check them out below. Special thanks to our contributing
photographers, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Michele Goldfarb, Michael E. McAndrew,
and Charlie Steiner.
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It's going to be another stellar day from the Fairgrounds as WWOZ broadcasts
live from Day 2 of the 2018 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival! Here's our
schedule for Day 2 (subject to change), plus some video previews of the acts
who will be hitting our airwaves on Saturda...
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We're kicking off Jazz Fest 2018 with a set from Meschiya Lake & the Little
Big Horns, coming to you live from the Blues Tent! Meschiya and her band have
grown from the Lagniappe Stage to packing the Blues Tent, and were on the
Acura Stage last year. Check out their perform...
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1) It's Jazz Fest time! WWOZ will be coming to you from the 49th annual New
Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for all 7 days of the fest! We've got sets
from stages across the festival hitting our airwaves, plus interviews with
Jazz Fest artists on-site. Listen in 11a-7p!
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Saxophonist Charles Neville has passed away at the age of 79. He was born
December 28, 1938 in New Orleans. Charles was an important player in New
Orleans music for more than 60 years. Though he may be best known
internationally for his work with the Neville Brothers, his s...
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WWOZ's Piano Night has paid tribute to the greatest in the New Orleans piano
tradition. This year, we honor the recently deceased Fats Domino. In 2016,
pianists took the stage to pay tribute to the recently deceased Allen
Toussaint. Here's Marcia Ball doing Toussaint's 'Hol...
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Most people think of Congo Square when they think of the first Jazz Fest. But the first event of the first Jazz Fest was actually somewhere else— on the last sidewheel steamboat in America, on the Mississippi, the night of April 22, 1970.
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