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.
Our favorite public station in Seattle posted this video the other day:
Hurray for the Riff Raff performing live in the KEXP studio, recorded last
October. It's a four-song set ("Look Out Mama", "The Body Electric", "Crash
On The Highway", and "The New San Francisco Bay Blu...
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In This Issue
Jazz Fest 2014 Lineup
Carnival Season Kicks Off
Upcoming Jazz Journey Concerts from NOJ&HF
Hosts' Favorite Records of 2013
Cuttin' Class with the Newman School Jazz Band, January 23
Louisiana Music Factory Shoutout
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Jesse McBride and Ellis Marsalis talk with Jelly Roll Justice about their
holiday gigs, the generations of piano playing, and the aspects of
improvisation.
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Glen David Andrews reworks Dr. John's "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" with Paul
Sanchez on guitar. According to its YouTube post (by Come See About Me
Productions), the video "was filmed over the course of several nights
recording the tracks and through two live performances ...
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This week we collide new and old music, all locally recorded, performed by
artists Theresa Andersson, Treme Brass Band, The Dynamites, and more. In
addition to an hour of eclectic live music, we visit Libra Lagrone at the
Ogden Museum of Southern Art to talk about the focus...
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If you've got the time this weekend, here's a smoking hot,
hour-and-ten-minutes-long concert by CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana
Band. It was origninally webcast live on September 21, 2013, from the Potomac
Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washing...
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This month's recipe comes from Langlois Culinary Crosscroads. Chef and owner Amy Cyrex Sins writes: The dish is perfect for this time of year because it bridges the winter and spring seasons. We’re currently in citrus season, but the produce has to be picked before it gets hit...
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Here's a blast of pure summer fun to cure your winter blues, from Louisiana
Music Hall of Famers Dash Rip Rock. It's a south Lousiana party in a roots
rock video, complete with boats, dogs, dacquiris, and bonfires. And a
guitarist-on-water skis. Says frontman Bill Davis, "...
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Carnival 2014 is underway!
Check out the gallery below for 6 beautiful shots from last night's Joan of
Arc parade in the Quarter, the work of WWOZ volunteer photographer Ryan
Hodgson-Rigsbee.
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The Hot 8 Brass Band performs "New Orleans" live at the 2012 Pickathon
Pumphouse Sessions near Portland, Oregon.
At Pickathon, the Indie-Roots Music festival, there's a 10x10 Pumphouse in
the middle of the woods on the festival grounds at Pendarvis Farm. Dozens of
acts reco...
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