The Tone Scientists of the Tuesday Kitchen Sink are proud to bring you the
annual reading of the Declaration of Independence, the ur-document of these
United States. We will bring it to you with the list of grievances and
consanguinuity. Of course, there will be music to ...
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This year's European journey started on a bus filled with musicians from
the JazzAscona Festival in the Ticino region of Switzerland, one day before
the festival in Ascona began. We traveled south along the shore of Lake
Maggiore, crossed the border into Italy, & pulled in...
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The Marcus Roberts Trio, along with Béla Fleck, brought the sounds of New
Orleans jazz to the mountains of Colorado yesterday at the Telluride
Bluegrass Festival.
Marcus Roberts, Rodney Jordan and Jason Marsalis mixed Jazz and Bluegrass
with the premium banjo player Béla Fl...
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Alright all you Solar System Intergalactic Tone Scientists, the mad mixers of
the Kitchen Sink, in celebration of the Summer Solstice, will be presenting
the usual 2 hours of Sun Ra!
Sun Ra of the Intergalactic Omniverse Orchestra
Sun Ra of the Nubian Planet Arkestra
Sun R...
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Brother Dege is getting ready to ride back into town and he is headed back to
The Blues Breakdown with yours truly, "The Problem Child".
Brother Dege is one of the true voices of the Deep South, as it is today. You
can hear the echoes of the old times, not forgotten, in his...
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Lloyd Harris, Jr. has been music educator for fifty years in the New Orleans
area. He is a member of Louisiana Music Educator’s Hall of Fame, winner
of the New Orleans Public School teaching award, a composer, teacher,
musician and someone who has left his mark on the mu...
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Three stages and twenty-one bands are scheduled for the Louisiana
Cajun-Zydeco Festival, June 9-10 at the U.S. Mint. A special guest this
year will be D.L. Menard, the eighty year-old Cajun music legend, will make
his first appearance at the fest. C.J. Chenier and the Red...
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Those of us in New Orleans who are up on our Irish mythology might recognize
‘Áine’ as the name of the Irish goddess of summer, wealth and
sovereignty, but those of us up on the Irish musicians playing in New Orleans
might recognize Áine O’ Doherty as the name of one of the...
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Tune in to WWOZ Thursday morning as I celebrate one year hosting the
Traditional Jazz Show.
Lars Edegran, Tom Sancton, and Seva Venet will play a few tunes live in the
performance studio with my favorite 100 year old musician, Lionel Ferbos!
Thursday's Traditional Jazz Show ...
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