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Glen David Andrews reworks Dr. John's "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" with Paul
Sanchez on guitar. According to its YouTube post (by Come See About Me
Productions), the video "was filmed over the course of several nights
recording the tracks and through two live performances ...
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This week we collide new and old music, all locally recorded, performed by
artists Theresa Andersson, Treme Brass Band, The Dynamites, and more. In
addition to an hour of eclectic live music, we visit Libra Lagrone at the
Ogden Museum of Southern Art to talk about the focus...
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If you've got the time this weekend, here's a smoking hot,
hour-and-ten-minutes-long concert by CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana
Band. It was origninally webcast live on September 21, 2013, from the Potomac
Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washing...
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This month's recipe comes from Langlois Culinary Crosscroads. Chef and owner Amy Cyrex Sins writes: The dish is perfect for this time of year because it bridges the winter and spring seasons. We’re currently in citrus season, but the produce has to be picked before it gets hit...
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Here's a blast of pure summer fun to cure your winter blues, from Louisiana
Music Hall of Famers Dash Rip Rock. It's a south Lousiana party in a roots
rock video, complete with boats, dogs, dacquiris, and bonfires. And a
guitarist-on-water skis. Says frontman Bill Davis, "...
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Carnival 2014 is underway!
Check out the gallery below for 6 beautiful shots from last night's Joan of
Arc parade in the Quarter, the work of WWOZ volunteer photographer Ryan
Hodgson-Rigsbee.
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The Hot 8 Brass Band performs "New Orleans" live at the 2012 Pickathon
Pumphouse Sessions near Portland, Oregon.
At Pickathon, the Indie-Roots Music festival, there's a 10x10 Pumphouse in
the middle of the woods on the festival grounds at Pendarvis Farm. Dozens of
acts reco...
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This week, we waste no time celebrating the beginning of Carnival and its
many traditions. We learn about its origins as we try two types of King
Cakes from Croissant D’or. Aside from the food, we prepare with some Mardi
Gras classics performed by Kermit Ruffins, James Rive...
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The recent video below by Shreveport native Maggie Koerner is the title track
of her second album, Neutral Ground. It's her first video, as she tells Your
Cousin Dimitri in this interview. It's beautifully produced, and at 9 minutes
long, something of an epic. The Times-Pic...
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On Thursday, January 2nd, clarinet and sax genius Victor Goines stopped by
WWOZ to share his newest CD "Morning Swing" and his insightful thoughts about
jazz and life. On his own "Rosemary Joseph Records" label, "Morning Swing"
is Victor's salute to Benny Goodman --- hence...
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