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On this week’s program, saxophonist Rebecca Barry performs the compositions
of Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and others, followed by Jason Marsalis with
some original compositions In addition, Gallery owner Andy Antippas brings
us to Preservation Hall and writer Lee Barclay ...
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According to my own personal calculations, the word will end on Saturday
night at midnight. Tune in to WWOZ for the soundtrack, including Radiohead,
Johnny Cash and The Blind Boys. Find out if it ends with a bang or a whimper.
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Dear Listener,
The common wisdom is that New Orleans goes into a deep sleep once summer sets
in. But you wouldn’t know it if you had been down on Frenchman Street on a
regular old Saturday night in July, smack dab in the middle of our presumed
estivation!
From one end of t...
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This week we highlight some of the amazing cuisine of the Crescent City while
enjoying some music about food, so please bring open ears and an appetite.
Our dishes include Holly’s Tamales, Shrimp and Grits, and a red beans
recipe. With music by Snooks Eaglin, the Pfister Si...
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New Orleans drummer Herlin Riley, along with his mother, Betty Lastie
Williams, paid tribute to the late Mahalia Jackson during this year’s
JazzAscona festival. Born on October 26, 1911, Mahalia would have been 100
this year. To commemorate her birthday, mother and son, a...
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A week of ceremony culminated this Saturday, July 16, with funeral services
and a memorial second line for BIg Chief Lionel Delpit of the Blackfeather
Mardi Gras indians.
Indians from Uptown, Downtown and across the canal, plus members of the
Sudan, Revolution, Original Big...
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It was the first home game in the Superdome. New Orleans was still a
post-Katrina wreck. Remember when Steve Gleason of the Saints blocked an
Atlanta Falcon punt and the Saints recovered it in the end zone? Of course
you do because every New Orleanian remembers that play ...
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Picking up a cornet the same year Miles Davis was born, Lionel Ferbos still
has a paying gig every Saturday at The Palm Court Jazz Café, a gig to
which he’s never late!
However, this Saturday will be his last gig as a 99 year old, as he’ll be
turning 100 years old on Sunda...
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On this week’s program, we enjoy an encore presentation of the Afro-Cuban
band, Otra, recorded live at French Quarter Fest 2008. We also meet up with
Bethany Lemanski from the Wednesdays on the Point community concert series.
At our Culinary Crossroad, we sit down with chef...
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