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The Congo Square Rhythms Festival returns to Armstrong Park this weekend with
lots of great African dance and drumming performances, plus brass bands,
Mardi Gras Indians, and a lot more. Take special note of the annual Class Got
Brass competition on Sunday afternoon-- it's ...
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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, places,
features, and more.
For the week ending March 18, 2016...
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Num.
Title
Artist
Time
Release
Start Time
1
Sudden Destruction
Jamaica All Stars
02:23
On the Footsteps of Jah
2016/3/18 22:03:28
2
If It's a Light
Mavis Staples
03:05
Livin' On a High Note '16
2016/3/18 22:05:56
...
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The first Festival Bonfouca will be held this weekend in Slidell. Three days
of local food vendors, arts market and water sports (kayak and boat rentals,
fishing rodeo), and plenty of local music will fill Heritage Park. Produced
by the same folks who put on the Mid-City Ba...
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Little Maker is the brainchild of New Orleans vocalist/guitarist Micah McKee.
"It started off like a singer-songwriter-oriented thing," McKee told nola.com
last April, "and we kind of moved away from that and just kind of synthesized
our own brand of rock 'n' roll with a bi...
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An expanded, narrative version of these principles from WWOZ Board
is available here.
We are in the middle of our Spring Pledge Drive and thought we’d be sure
you know what we are asking you to support. Here is a summary of WWOZ’s
basic principles:
WWOZ’s mission is, ha...
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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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