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USA vs GhanaToo Scary To Watch Every USA fan at the Pretoria stadium will
understand my irrationality. The win over the Algerians was so emotional,
so exciting that I couldn't bear to watch another USA game live. In fact, I
couldn't even stand a moderately emotional game...
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Join us Wednesday night June 30th at 10:00 p.m. as we celebrate the 4th of
July early for our annual Ernie and Miss Antoinette K-doe show.
Ben Sandmel will join us as we play a vintage WWOZ Ernie K-doe show
originally aired on July 11, 1985.
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Pretoria, South AfricaUS versus Algeria This World Cup is a
wallet-draining commitment that starts with a seventeen-hour flight. WWOZ
and JazzFest fans will understand why we do it. It's that same commitment
you took after your first JazzFest. Remember? New Orleans ...
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Tune in next Thursday morning, July 1, @ 10:00a.m., when trombone player, Joe
Maize & a couple of the fellas from the To Be Continued Brass Band will join
me in the studio. We'll be talking about what's going on with the music on
the street, & of course, play some music.
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As you probably already know, June is National Accordion Awareness Month. So,
today's show will focus on the squeezebox, featuring everything from the
great Clifton Chenier to some music by the master of Honky Squonk, Schatzy.
Tune in from 11:30ish to 2pm for some Cajun, Zy...
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This Tuesday June 22, 2010 - 10:30 PM until 3 AM The Kitchen Sink and
Overnight will present the music of
SUN RA!
4.5 hours of the big bandleader/keyboardist/philospher/space jazz alien Sun
Ra and his assorted Omniverse Arkestras to celebrate the solstice.
We'll get out t...
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John Rankin shares the story of his first guitar and developing his
piano-like approach to the instrument. You can catch him most Tuesday nights
at the Columns Hotel on Saint Charles Avenue. For those wondering what to do
on Wednesday nights, Big Sam stops by to talk about...
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Tune in at 3 pm to hear Offbeat Magazine's Editor-in-chief Jan Ramsey explain
the latest development in the war between the NOPD and New Orleans' street
musicians.
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Dear Listener,
WWOZ’s Gulf Aid benefit concert for our devastated coastal community last
month sparked a cascade of similar local events, like Jonathan Ferrara
Gallery's Gulf Aid Art exhibition (June 17-19). You can also download “It
Ain’t My Fault” by the Gulf Aid AllSta...
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On today’s show, John Ellis & Double Wide provide some musical mischief,
recorded live at the Blue Nile on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans. Then, we
walk the culinary tightrope between hearty fried pork belly and a salad of
seasonal offerings, brought to you by John Harris ...
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