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Dear Listener,
As I write this, looking out over the Mississippi River from the WWOZ offices
in the heart of the French Quarter, hundreds of celebrants prowl the streets
as they savor the Louisiana Seafood Festival, the Creole Tomato Festival, and
the Cajun-Zydeco Festiva...
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» Click here to see a photo gallery of A.J.'s adventures at Bonnaroo
It's hard to believe it is Sunday already.
Live highlights of this final day were:
Snoop Dog was joined by special guest Erykah Badu
on a duet with Lodi Dodi. It was the next-to-last performance of the da...
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After some technical difficulties.
It was technical and I am the difficulty.
We retun you to the Bonnaroo blogs.
When I last left you I was heading out again Saturday night to check out the
scene after catching the boss.
Caught some of Nine Inch Nails who was scheduled to...
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This is actually day 3 but the second big day with the days blurring
together.
After catching David Byrne and the Beastie Boys on Friday night I decided to
head back to camp 1 and get some rest and missing Femi Kuti, Phish and Girl
Talk.
Woke up to a shot of Tennessee mo...
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Guitarist Billy Iuso may be a native of Port Chester, New York, but he's been a stalwart of the New Orleans music scene since 1996. He spent many years fronting a jam-funk band called Brides of Jesus, but has since gone solo, performing as Billy Iuso and the Restless Natives, ...
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After a stormy and rainy night with tornado watches and warnings in effect I
did venture out to the Arcade Disco about midnight and caught the end of D.J.
Quickie Marts set and also caught the Gypsyphonic Disko with Ben Ellman of
Galcactic.
Walked back to camp 1 at 2:00 a...
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A show of Kermit Ruffins' music, both old and new, with a taste of smothered
okra and a preview of the upcoming Tales of the Cocktail festival.
Culinary Crossroads: Smothered Okra from the Praline Connection.
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On June 3, 2009, the music world lost two bright stars, saxophonist Sam
Butera (81) and singer Koko Taylor (80).
Sam Butera was born and raised in New Orleans, where his father, Joe,
operated Poor Boy's Grocery and Meat Market. He got his professional music
career started...
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