YOSHI'S: I've been out on the West Coast catching some fantastic music. On
the Jazz side, the highlight has to be Yoshi's in San Francisco on Fillmore.
Charlie Haden (legendary bassist and composer) got together with Ernie Watts
on sax, Alan Broadbent on piano and Rodney ...
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In a dream, the Riddler and Alex Trabek asked for this Saturday night's drunk
drive time shift theme - songs and quotes that ask a question. Oh you big
baby, don't reach for the TV remote and give up on this theme. New Orleans
greats Lloyd Price and Allen Toussaint lead th...
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Story by Sharon Armstrong.
A guitarist, a bassist, a drummer and a mandolin player all walk into a bar
in San Francisco – what do you get? The answer is the distinctly New
Orleans blending of funk, roots music and country that is the Honey Island
Swamp Band.
Stranded in S...
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Last week I had a "killing two birds with one stone" trip. I got a chance to
visit with one of my oldest friends, Leon Anderson and his family, in
Detroit, Michigan. And I also got the advantage of attending all four days of
the Detroit Jazz Festival. Unlike our very famous...
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Another not-so-special show by Jamie using topical sound clips and music
about "lying" to prove ...
Well wait, this requires some background before the blockbuster news story of
the year:
During the last week's joint session of Congress, Congressman Joe Wilson
heckled Pre...
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Tune in Wednesday night September 9th (09-09-09) for a special "Number 9"
show celebrating the number nine.
Join us at a special time of 9:00 p.m. as we play music with a NINE
association. We may even spin some backwards. Does this make it a 6
association?????????
We will...
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It started with that HUH! that was worked your core better than Pilates. It
was the key ingredient in mambo music and the mambo was so popular that it
worked itself into every musical style imaginable. R&B, blues, jazz and yep
plenty of New Orleans music including the cla...
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Everything He Did Was Funky: Lee Dorsey - a radio documentary produced by
David Kunian has its rough mix premiere tonight - Wednesday 8/19/09 10 PM CST
- on WWOZ 90.7 FM www.wwoz.org.
The documentary features Dorsey's many hits and should-have-been hits and
commentary from...
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Possible Big News for the Kitchen Sink on Wednesday 10 PM with Jazz Lunatique
sitting in for the Boudin Cowboy and AA. Stay tuned on Tuesday evening or
Wednesday morning for hot hitting announcement.
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Les Getrex, along with a galaxy of other New Orleans musicians, will play at Tipitina's on Saturday, August 22, as part of a 'Benefit Jam' for New Orleans' own Queen of the Blues, Ms. Marva Wright. Marva is recovering from two strokes that she suffered during the last few mont...
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