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...Lee approaching Atchafalaya Bay...heavy rains...strong gusty
winds...and possible tornadoes lashing southeastern Louisiana...
It's Saturday morning and New Orleans is under Tropical Storm Warning. Big
Whoop. A little storm isn't going to stop The Drive-By Truckers from pl...
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Gary Clark, Jr. is a name you will soon be hearing a lot more of. With a
style that mixes the grittiness of The Black Keys and showmanship of Lenny
Kravitz, Clark is part of the rocking "new blues" family that was first
popularized by The White Stripes in the early 2000s. ...
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This week program features the music of Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue,
followed by groove of Big Sam’s Funky Nation. At our Culinary Crossroad, we
sample a seafood bouillabaisse featuring a citrus vinaigrette and prepare for
the New Orleans Seafood Festival, taking pla...
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Knock Knock Joke
Another midnight to 3am shift of entertaining Saturday night drunk drivers.
Tonight's musical features include the swamp sound extending from Louisiana
to Houston with songs from Excello and Duke / Peacock labels. We'll also
give our recent Wild Jimmy S...
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Dear Listener,
In an interesting change of pace I’ve been asked to share a few thoughts to
warm you up to the latest OZone. Here goes.
In the thirteen plus years that I’ve been with WWOZ I’ve seen the station
grow in ways that I never imagined possible. Once upon a time we...
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From an old furniture warehouse on the corner of St. Roch and St. Claude to a
modern building housing hollistic business and services, The Healing Center
opens in the Bywater this weekend. It contains an arts performance space
and a food co-op, among others, and Carrie Ha...
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“Ponderosa Stomp 2011” features a dip and stroll into some New Orleans
incredible Rock and Roll history, with highlights of the Creole String Beans,
a musical act that keeps it real with everything from King Floyd to Chuck
Berry tunes. We close the show with an interview ...
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False prophets, or rather, critics label Dax Riggs with words like
“dark”, “morbid”, “goth” but maybe they are confused by his album
titles such as “We Sing of Only Blood or Love” or song titles such as
“I Hear Satan“.
I see him more as an angel crying out of the the da...
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In the 1980s, the audience for Louisiana music was a mere handful of hipsters
fans. Music collector types. Louisiana music wasn't on radio or
commercials or movie sound tracks. There was no "Treme." The local
musicians we take for granted today were barely gigging in to...
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