We are remembering Leigh "Little Queenie" Harris today. Last year, New
Orleans City Council honored her by proclaiming July 27, her birthday, as
Little Queenie Day.
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This week on Takin' It To The Streets, Big Chief Howard Miller of the Creole
Wild West talks to WWOZ's Action Jackson about how he became a Big Chief, how
Mardi Gras Indian suits have changed over the years, whether the pandemic
could lead to 2020 suits being worn next year...
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1 Yank African Music Machine 04:32 African Music Machine (Singular CD no##)
2 We Shall Overcome Toots & the Maytals 03:28 Bla.Bla.Bla
3 Ernest Franklin / Kickin' Life Ernest Franklin 03:18 The Dynamic Ernest
Franklin
4 I Can't Be All Bad Johnny Adams 03:02 Heart & Soul
5 She'...
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1 Vampin Willie Hutch 02:46 The Mack
2 It's a Cold, Cold World Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens 03:20 Cold World
3 08 Love Train Holmes Bros 04:43 Speaking In Tongues
4 Those Guys Flo and Eddie 03:10 Rocksteady with Flo and Eddie
5 Do Me Right Detroit Emeralds 02:51 Do Me Rig...
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Sunday was Little Freddie King's 80th birthday and he celebrated in style
with a live video stream from BJ's!
Pin a dollar or a few on him at paypal.me/wackowadeproduction.
WWOZ's Andrew Grafe will be devoting a 2-hour show to Little Freddie on
Monday from 2-4pm. Listen li...
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This week on Takin' It To The Streets, Action Jackson talks to TBC Brass
Band member Edward Jackson about where the band started playing, why he
decided to go to Southern University, how the band got back on track after
Katrina, and much more. Hear it all in the player below:
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Yet another in the seemingly endless procession of tributes is in order for
this week's edition of The '50s R&B Show.
The great New Orleans soulstress Tami Lynn, born Gloria Brown in the Gert
Town section of the city in 1942, passed away on June 26th.
Lynn began singing in...
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1 Jelly Roll Power Of Attorney 03:39 Power Of Attorney
2 Real Midnight Birds of Chicago 05:39 Real Midnight
3 Back To Living Again Curtis Mayfield 05:11 New World Order
4 play play bob marley & the wailers 02:35 wail' n soul'm singles selecta
5 I Don't Care Anymore Doris Duke ...
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For many years, the great New Orleans piano player, composer, and educator
Ellis Marsalis performed almost every Friday night at 8pm at Snug Harbor on
Frenchmen Street.
Ellis Marsalis passed on April 1 of this year. For three months following,
Snug Harbor hosted the onlin...
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