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This week’s show is about two things: Love and finding something sweet to
take your mind off the heat. We will enjoy everything from Pralines to the
Sweet Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas. So, be prepared for three
courses of dessert and a bounty of love songs with Bo...
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On this week’s show, Ernie Vincent and Brother Tyrone share two sides
of an hour of music and they will keep your spirits lifted the whole hour
through! We then head off for a culinary stop at Boucherie with Chef
Nathanial Zimet, followed by some smoke-free entertainment at...
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By all accounts Danny Burns’ guitar is not particularly old, but its
battered top had a hole worn through the wood that would have made Willie
Nelson’s Trigger proud. And while it might have been just a young thing, as
far as guitars go, it had definitely seen more than its...
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On this week’s program, we visit the Contemporary Arts Center in New
Orleans to hear Tab Benoit’s Swampland Jam, featuring Cyril Neville,
Anders Osborne, and Johnny Sansone... all recorded live by WWOZ!During the
hour, we also visit a restaurant in New Orleans East for some...
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On any given night in New Orleans, you’re likely to find a place with live
music and free food. Sometimes it’s red beans and trad jazz, other times
it’s BBQ and the blues. On this week’s program, it’s curry and the
Pocket Brass music of Magnetic Ear--an ensemble headed by ...
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New York City is getting a bum rap! We’ve watched the theme as it slowly develops in the Simon psyche – this New York vs. New Orleans thing. New York’s glowering chef Enrico Brulard (based on real-life kitchen nazi David Bouley) verbally abusing poor Janette Desautels (real li...
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While previewing Louisiana's new history and biology textbook I ran into ....
http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/may21/ Unfortunately, with
the end-of-the-world scheduled just before my Saturday midnight shift, it
makes it hard to plan the program. I'm a bit...
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Dear Listener,Jazz Fest is like the Kentucky Derby of WWOZ's festival season,
and we were proud to spread the music of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Festival far beyond the Fairgrounds racetrack with our live simulcast carried
by dozens of stations nationwide, including K...
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This week, on New Orleans All the Way Live, we explore the connections
between New Orleans, Brazil and Chicago through the music of Ray Moore’s
"Brasilliance" and the Jeff Albert Quartet. We also enjoy
some Argentinian food and check out a Tuesday Night music series on New...
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