Last week I had a "killing two birds with one stone" trip. I got a chance to
visit with one of my oldest friends, Leon Anderson and his family, in
Detroit, Michigan. And I also got the advantage of attending all four days of
the Detroit Jazz Festival. Unlike our very famous...
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Another not-so-special show by Jamie using topical sound clips and music
about "lying" to prove ...
Well wait, this requires some background before the blockbuster news story of
the year:
During the last week's joint session of Congress, Congressman Joe Wilson
heckled Pre...
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Tune in Wednesday night September 9th (09-09-09) for a special "Number 9"
show celebrating the number nine.
Join us at a special time of 9:00 p.m. as we play music with a NINE
association. We may even spin some backwards. Does this make it a 6
association?????????
We will...
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It started with that HUH! that was worked your core better than Pilates. It
was the key ingredient in mambo music and the mambo was so popular that it
worked itself into every musical style imaginable. R&B, blues, jazz and yep
plenty of New Orleans music including the cla...
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Everything He Did Was Funky: Lee Dorsey - a radio documentary produced by
David Kunian has its rough mix premiere tonight - Wednesday 8/19/09 10 PM CST
- on WWOZ 90.7 FM www.wwoz.org.
The documentary features Dorsey's many hits and should-have-been hits and
commentary from...
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Possible Big News for the Kitchen Sink on Wednesday 10 PM with Jazz Lunatique
sitting in for the Boudin Cowboy and AA. Stay tuned on Tuesday evening or
Wednesday morning for hot hitting announcement.
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Join us as we celebrate Vinyl Record Day on the Kitchen Sink 10 to 12 Show
Wednesday August 12th at 10:00 p.m.
Those begging for a bit of trivia will be happy to know that this also
happens to be the day that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877.
According to the...
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Join us on the Kitchen Sink 10 to 12 Show on TUESDAY August 18th at 10:00
p.m. with our very special guest Mr. Bob Andrews.
As you may know we are normally on Wednesday nights, however as you well know
if you listen to the Live Wire music calendar our guest Bob Andrews has ...
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Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard stopped by the station the other day during Jazz from the Market, with Dean Ellis sitting in for T.R. Johnson, and I sat with them in the studio as they talked about a wide range of topics. Terence had a lot of great stories to share both o...
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Whether it's the Buddy Bolden Blues by Jelly Roll Morton or Marie Laveau by
any number of songwriters, New Orleanians have been immortalized through
lyrics. On the New Orleans Music Show, Wednesday - July 8th (11am to 2pm) - I
will be playing songs about the Care-Actors, to...
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