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Getting In Shape for the Upcoming New Orleans Music Marathons

Mon, 03/23/09
Authored by Charles Burchell
Saturday the weather was nice and I decided to take in more live music in a single outing than I've done in quite a while. In retrospect this was actually great preparation for a couple of New Orleans Marathons that are scheduled over the next two months. No I'm not talking ab... Read more

CLINT MAEDGEN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT KITCHEN SINK 10 TO 12 SHOW

Tue, 03/17/09
Tune in this Wednesday March 18th at 10:00 p.m. for our very special guest Mr. Clint Maedgen. Clint will debut his new c.d. titled "Open Restraints" coming out with his Plus 9 line-up featuring a lot of great players, including Stanton Moore and Mike Dillon. He is having ... Read more

Legendary Trombonist Slide Hampton on Jazz From The Market on March 16th

Mon, 03/16/09
Authored by Charles Burchell
Jazz Trombonist Slide Hampton drops in to the WWOZ studios to talk with Charles Burchell about his Wednesday night appearance at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. This NEA Jazz Masters Program is sponsored locally by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the C... Read more

Snooks Eaglin live at Chicago Blues Fest 1989

Tue, 03/03/09
Authored by David Kunian
Tonight on the Kitchen Sink in tribute to the late great Fird "Snooks" Eaglin, the laboratory scientists will be cooking up a rare recording of Snooks Eaglin live at the Chicago Blues Fest in 1989. Irving Charles and Johnny V. accompany him throughout the set and special g... Read more

Herlin Riley at the Sandbar

Mon, 03/02/09
Authored by Jelly Roll Justice
The Sandbar is up and cooking this week with New Orleans' own incredible Herlin Riley playing and teaching at the same time. If you ever wanted an opportunity to be with a master while he works with young and enthusiastic musicians, don't miss this week's performance. For ... Read more

Antoinette K-Doe passes Mardi Gras Day at age 66

Tue, 02/24/09
Authored by Charles Burchell
I am shocked and saddened by the death of Antoinette K-Doe on Mardi Gras Day. I can't say that I knew her nearly as well as others who will post in various places. I first met her three years ago when I had her as a guest on my show. And last month, it was at the Mother-In-... Read more

Andy Scott This Thursday!!

Mon, 02/23/09
Authored by Jelly Roll Justice
"Toronto native and Sackville recording artist Andrew Scott has become the standard bearer for the next generation of great Canadian jazz musicians. "His many accomplishments include graduating from York University with a PhD in Musicology/ Ethnomusicology, but there is not... Read more

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble on WWOZ

Wed, 02/18/09
Authored by David Kunian
Tune into Jazz Lunatique with host David Kunian to hear the fearsome Revolutionary Snake Ensemble at midnight. The sounds of Sun Ra combined with a second line band, the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble hails from Massachusetts. This is their warm-up gig for their Thursday ni... Read more

Who Watches The Watchmen?

Sun, 02/15/09
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
The movie, The Watchmen, will be released the first week of March and it is begging for a special show to celebrate this treatment of the only book I've ever read. (Liked it so much I read it thousands of times - didn't have time left for other books.) So how do you creat... Read more

Darwin and Mardi Gras

Sat, 02/14/09
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
You're telling me that Mardi Gras started the same week as a satellite collision and Charles Darwin's 200th birthday? Oh such material for a radio show. Music about chimps and dogs (The Beagle and Barkus?) and music about chimps and dogs in satellites. Somehow we'll als... Read more

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