WWOZ brings together our local, national and international supporters into a distinctive community that celebrates and strengthens the music, musicians, culture and culture bearers of New Orleans.
Elizabeth Meneray and Your Cousin Dimitri tag team on Thursday, August 12
starting at 4 pm (New Orleans time) to play the best in contemporary jazz for
you...in vinyl only!
Join us for that hot, warm, groovy sound in 33 rpm's, just the way yer daddy
liked it.
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What's your vinyl story?
For me, it was visits to the record store on the weekend. With my allowance
and a few extra dollars subsidized by my nana Ingmire, I searched the bins
for vinyl like someone on a treasure hunt. Years later, I'd abandoned
records for the less subs...
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Please join me at 4 p.m. CDT for "Jazz from The French Market." I've been
gone for seven weeks and really missed doing the show. But thanks to Jeff
Greenberg, who very ably put together some top notch shows in my stead, I was
able to hear jazz like I like it by way of Oz's ...
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On today’s show, we check out the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street in Uptown
New Orleans. Throughout the years, poets, piano players and propagators of
funk have made the Maple Leaf their home away from home.
We'll hear some live music from Maple Leaf regulars Papa Grows Funk ...
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Wow! Yesterday was WWOZ at it's best. As I traveled the last leg of a
grueling 1,200 mile trip to Baltimore yesterday, I was accompanied by a
beautiful hitchhiker - the WWOZ Iphone application. A hitchhiker who told
amazing stories and played great music in the form of ...
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Y'all get ready because we're bringing you the blues this Tuesday - 8/3/10 at
10 PM CST.
First we'll put on the great documentary "Still Singing the Blues" produced
by hard working radiomen Barry Yeoman and Richard Ziglar.
As they say, "Louisiana’s Interstate-10 corridor b...
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On today’s show, we explore the musical ties among New Orleans, Brazil,
Chicago by way of musicians Ray Moore and Jeff Albert.
Culinary Crossroads: La Boca, a restaurant in the Central Business District
of New Orleans.
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