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A short throwback to April 2015 as The Smoking Time Jazz Club performs
'Alligator Pond Gone Dry' at the Louisiana Busker Festival in Abita Springs.
This song is off their January 2015 release, Everything Is Righteous.
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The lineup for French Quarter Fest 2017 (April 6-9) has been released! Aaron
Neville will perform at the festival for the first time, making his debut at
the Abita Beer Stage in Woldenberg Park. Other headliners include Irma
Thomas, Ellis Marsalis, The Dixie Cups, Little Fr...
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Seva Venet pays homage to the history of New Orleans banjo music with his new
release, New Orleans Banjo Vol. 1 “Musieu Bainjo.” Venet’s goal for
this project was not self-satisfying; instead, Venet hopes to shed new light
on the important and vibrant history of the banjo a...
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A powerful new video from Dumpstaphunk's collaboration with Trombone Shorty
for the song 'Justice' was released on Inauguration Day (January 20, 2017).
The song was first released in early 2016 during the presidential campaign.
The video was purposely released on the day of...
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Entergy New Orleans is a proud new sponsor of WWOZ's Cuttin' Class, a series
of live in-studio performances by middle and high school students from the
Greater New Orleans area. We welcome a new group of students into our studio
each month for a half-hour radio program spot...
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A new documentary is exploring the deep influence indigenous Americans have
had on modern American music. Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
premiered this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
Rumble tells the tales and expounds on the influence of many Nati...
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1 Staxx Of Gold African Music Machine 08:17 African
Music Machine
2 I'm Thankful (Part 1) Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul
Orchestra 04:03 I'm Thankful
3 Move on Up The Dynamics 05:59 Version
Excursions
4 My Place Soopas...
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