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You wouldn’t know it to watch him bouncing ever so slightly when he
plays tuba, providing the bass lines, sometimes nearly hidden in the unlit
back part of the stage behind the reed and brass of the Lagniappe Brass Band
– or when the reed and brass line parts like the R...
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From NY Times, March 9th
By PAUL VITELLO
Peter Bergman, a founding member of the surrealist comedy troupe Firesign
Theater, whose albums became cult favorites among college students in the
late 1960s and ’70s for a brand of sly, multilayered satire so dense it
seem...
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Streaming live from the 2012 Integrated Media Association conference, courtesy of TuneIn and StreamGuys. Listen Live between 8pm - 10pm Wednesday March 7th.
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All of the volunteers at 'OZ live different lives and work jobs to pay the bills, but they keep coming back to the roost during pledge drive to see old friends, make new ones and enjoy the tunes. Learn a little bit more about our eclectic, audiophile family!
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This week, we feature an hour of musical travels with Rising Appalachia and
Ensemble Fatien. We also preview the Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival
and our culinary crossroads lead us to the New Orleans Roadfood Festival.
Bonus Audio 1 - Extended interview with Scott Ai...
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Greetings Music Lovers,
My name is Michael Dominici and I've been a volunteer with WWOZ since 1996.
As a native New Orleanian and a life long music lover, I've had a chance to
experience a lot of great music in this town. Still, every once in a while I
get caught off guard ...
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The big root beer mug has been lifted off the ground, the neon replaced and
the mug is now spinning ontop a pole on Claiborne Ave. announcing a new
beginning at Ted’s Frostop. Opened in 1955 and part of a tradition that
dates to 1929, the Frostop is ready to rock again.
To ...
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On March 24 and 25, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the fifth annual Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival. The festival showcases the influences from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America that combined in the Crescent City to make New Orleans a melting...
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