Those of you who frequent the French Quarter know Grandpa Elliott's soulful voice and unique harmonica playing from hearing him on a corner on Royal Street. Or perhaps you tuned in to our live broadcast of Mark Johnson's "Playing for Change" project last month, which featured ...
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Join us as we celebrate Vinyl Record Day on the Kitchen Sink 10 to 12 Show
Wednesday August 12th at 10:00 p.m.
Those begging for a bit of trivia will be happy to know that this also
happens to be the day that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877.
According to the...
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Join us on the Kitchen Sink 10 to 12 Show on TUESDAY August 18th at 10:00
p.m. with our very special guest Mr. Bob Andrews.
As you may know we are normally on Wednesday nights, however as you well know
if you listen to the Live Wire music calendar our guest Bob Andrews has ...
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Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard stopped by the station the other day during Jazz from the Market, with Dean Ellis sitting in for T.R. Johnson, and I sat with them in the studio as they talked about a wide range of topics. Terence had a lot of great stories to share both o...
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Trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard will be WWOZ's guest on Tuesday July
28 at around 5 p.m. during Jazz from the Market with T.R. Johnson! We don't
know exactly when he'll be on the air, but be sure to tune in and stay glued
to WWOZ 90.7 FM to catch this special inter...
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We're going to try on the second half of the Tuesday Kitchen Sink to do some
of the late Hart McNee's music and some of the music that he liked, and
include parts of a profound interview that filmmaker and grand Marshall Henry
Griffin did with Hart in 2006.
Sometime after ...
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New Orleans flautist Hart McNee passed away July 14, 2009, at the age of 66.
A memorial will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, at Sound Café on
Port and Chartres in the Bywater.
T.R. Johnson will honor McNee with a "Hart Party" on today's Jazz from the
Market show f...
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Whether it's the Buddy Bolden Blues by Jelly Roll Morton or Marie Laveau by
any number of songwriters, New Orleanians have been immortalized through
lyrics. On the New Orleans Music Show, Wednesday - July 8th (11am to 2pm) - I
will be playing songs about the Care-Actors, to...
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Story by Rosie Ledezma.
On Saturday, June 27th, Sean O’Meara was presented with an appreciation
award on behalf of the local Irish and Celtic community. The surprise
ceremony was a part of the monthly “ceili” or dance held at the Deutsches
Haus in New Orleans. They kicked...
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On Sunday there was a second-line parade for the recently deceased "King of Pop" Michael Jackson in New Orleans' 7th ward. Check out the video from the Times-Picayune (after the jump).
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