WWOZ brings together our local, national and international supporters into a distinctive community that celebrates and strengthens the music, musicians, culture and culture bearers of New Orleans.
Tune in this week as we read listener emails about things to do in the Crescent City, musically, food related and otherwise, with music by Dr. John, Tab Benoit, Eric Lindell and many others.
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George Ingmire and I are in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the Joy of Jazz
festival which started today, Thursday, 23 August. We hope to bring you a
broadcast from here during my World Journey show this Saturday. I will be
co-hosting a Saturday show here with a woman who...
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In This Issue
Second Line Season 2013 Starts August 26
Katrina: The Seven Year Itch
Louisiana Bucket Brigade Dance-A-Thon
WWOZ at Culture Collision
Call for Volunteers - Fall Membership Drive
The Green Pro...
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This week, we travel through Brazil, Chicago and, of course, New Orleans on a musical raft with Ray Moore of Brasilliance. We are also visited by Ultimate Kitchen Commando Jodi Brown for a sampling some nutrient dense food.
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Count your blessings when you find an album like John Boutté’s remarkable
“ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING.”
In twelve songs performed by a confederacy of the many talents that walk the
streets of New Orleans in 2012, Boutté’s voice reigns benevolently,
intimate and commanding. An in...
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In the months following the failure of the federal levee system in New Orleans, a group of 31 community radio stations from around the world lent a much-needed hand as WWOZ struggled to stay on the air. WWOZ salutes this group of stations — now affectionately called the Katrin...
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August 29, 2013 marks the 8th anniversary of Katrina's landfall in southeast Louisiana, the subsequent collapse of the flood protection system, and the ensuing Federal Flood. Let's take a moment to reflect on both what we lost, and on how far we've come, since that catastrophi...
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It's been seven years since Hurricane Katrina careened through New Orleans. WWOZ General Manager David Freedman reflects on the city's recovery in the aftermath of the levee failure as we remember the storm.
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