WWOZ brings together our local, national and international supporters into a distinctive community that celebrates and strengthens the music, musicians, culture and culture bearers of New Orleans.
During our membership drives, the WWOZ video team is hard at work. Here's a
sampling of highlights from this spring's drive. You can also see acts like
the ones below streamed live, IAW the schedule here. Little Freddie
King Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns Pine...
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"All the big names of jazz, along with lesser legends, were included, and I
found myself with a first class treasure of early jazz music. I had always
hoped that maybe at least one of my kids would show an interest in my
collection, so I began making tapes that could includ...
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This weekend, Lafayette will welcome the Celtic Bayou Festival, a brand new
music festival that seeks to highlight the culture and music of both the
Cajun and Celtic communities of South Louisiana.
Taking place at the Warehouse 535 Event Hall, 535 Garfield St., Lafayette, o...
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WWOZ Piano Night artist Tom McDermott performs "Keep on Gwine" at the Maple
Leaf in honor of James Booker's birthday in December 2010. The song, by Mel
Lastie, was part of Booker's oeuvre, appearing on the 1977 New Orleans Piano
Wizard: Live! LP.
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There's a fun opportunity this month for the kids in your life who've got the
beat! The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and Positive Vibrations are
partnering to offer a week of free African drum classes called 'Congo Kids.'
The classes will be taking place March 14-...
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'5 things to know' is a weekly feature highlighting different parts of the
WWOZ world that you may have missed this week, including unique WWOZ
programming and video, plus New Orleans events, artists, releases, features,
and more.
For the week ending March 3, 2016:
1. PBS...
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The 13th annual Soul Fest returns to the Audubon Zoo this weekend on
Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6.
Saturday
11a Roots of Music
11:45a HiLyfe
12:45p The Gospel Soul Children
1:45p Anjelika Joseph and The Speakerbox Experiment
2:45p Mike "Soulman'' Baptiste
3:45...
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WWOZ Piano night artist Joe Krown performs here with his trio, which includes
Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Russell Batiste, Jr. The track "Jamir's Jam"
comes from their 2013 album Soul Understanding.
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The lineup for the 2016 Essence Fest, happening in New Orleans from June 30 -
July 3, has been announced. Many fantastic artists will be performing at this
year's fest, but a few may be of particular interest to WWOZ's audience:
Leon Bridges
The Fort Worth, Texas native an...
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