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Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots performed at the 2023 Louisiana Cajun
Zydeco concert series at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center on
Saturday, June 10! Check out their set in the player below:
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Balfa Toujours closed out the 2023 Louisiana Cajun Zydeco concert series at
the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center on Saturday, June 17! Check
out their set in the player below:
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Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band performed at the 2023 Louisiana Cajun
Zydeco concert series at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center on
Friday, June 16! Check out their set in the player below:
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Amanda Shaw performed at the 2023 Louisiana Cajun Zydeco concert series at
the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center on Friday, June 9! Check out
her set in the player below:
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Scenes from a hot Uptown Swingers second line parade yesterday, concluding
the 2022-23 second line season!
Valley of Silent Men will kick off the 2023-24 season at the end of August.
The full schedule will be posted on WWOZ's Takin' It To The Streets.
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The Baby Dolls of New Orleans were out in full force last Saturday to
celebrate the life of Baby Doll Miriam Batiste Reed, who died on June 3,
2023, at the age of 97. She was an important bridge between generations for
New Orleans Mardi Gras culture and was "the link betwee...
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In the JUNE 2023 Issue of the 'OZone,
WWOZ's monthly newsletter:
Shout Outs: WWOZ Takes Manhattan | Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Concert Series
Concludes | Tipitina's "Free Friday" Series | Takin' It to the Streets:
Father's Day Second Line | A Closer Walk: Music History Tou...
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Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) has announced that The Legend
of the Dew Drop Inn documentary interviews by Julia Dorn, a collection at
the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, is open to
researchers. Additionally, the video collection has b...
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Tulio R. Murillo, Jr., a longtime member of WWOZ's Board of Directors,
died Sunday, June 4, 2023, as a result of a sudden brain hemorrhage. He was
50 years old. Tulio is survived by his devoted wife, Shawn McLaughlin, and
their beautiful daughter, Brinn; his parents whom he...
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Mary Broussard and T Broussard performed at the 2023 Louisiana Cajun Zydeco
concert series at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center on
Saturday, June 3! Check out their sets in the players below:
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