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On today’s program, we enjoy an hour of music and interviews with Los Po-Boy-Citos, along with a visit to the Superfood Bar on Magazine Street. To wrap things up, we get ready for this year’s Running of the Bulls.
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Alright all you Solar System Intergalactic Tone Scientists, the mad mixers of
the Kitchen Sink, in celebration of the Summer Solstice, will be presenting
the usual 2 hours of Sun Ra!
Sun Ra of the Intergalactic Omniverse Orchestra
Sun Ra of the Nubian Planet Arkestra
Sun R...
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Brother Dege is getting ready to ride back into town and he is headed back to
The Blues Breakdown with yours truly, "The Problem Child".
Brother Dege is one of the true voices of the Deep South, as it is today. You
can hear the echoes of the old times, not forgotten, in his...
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Check out this great recipe for Grilled Oysters with Garlic-Chile Butter, courtesy of Chef Donald Link, Chef and Owner of Herbsaint, Cochon, Cochon Butcher and Calcasieu. It's featured in the New Orleans All The Way Live episode "Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival 2012."
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Lloyd Harris, Jr. has been music educator for fifty years in the New Orleans
area. He is a member of Louisiana Music Educator’s Hall of Fame, winner
of the New Orleans Public School teaching award, a composer, teacher,
musician and someone who has left his mark on the mu...
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In This Issue
"What's the name of that song?"
Help 'OZ End Our Fiscal Year On a High Note
Jazz & Heritage Community Partnership Grants
Summer Music Festivals
WWOZ Live Music Calendar
This Is My New Orleans
Tipitina's Free...
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On today’s program, we jump into a car with the one and only Walter Wolfman Washington for an hour of not just music but also a road trip to a local clothing store. Tune in as we drive and talk about music, shoes, and his music mentors. I also stop by Willie Mae’s Scotch Hous...
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Three stages and twenty-one bands are scheduled for the Louisiana
Cajun-Zydeco Festival, June 9-10 at the U.S. Mint. A special guest this
year will be D.L. Menard, the eighty year-old Cajun music legend, will make
his first appearance at the fest. C.J. Chenier and the Red...
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Those of us in New Orleans who are up on our Irish mythology might recognize
‘Áine’ as the name of the Irish goddess of summer, wealth and
sovereignty, but those of us up on the Irish musicians playing in New Orleans
might recognize Áine O’ Doherty as the name of one of the...
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