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I'm Back!

Mon, 08/09/10
Authored by Charles Burchell
Please join me at 4 p.m. CDT for "Jazz from The French Market." I've been gone for seven weeks and really missed doing the show. But thanks to Jeff Greenberg, who very ably put together some top notch shows in my stead, I was able to hear jazz like I like it by way of Oz's ... Read more

Yesterday's Amazing Broadcasts at WWOZ

Wed, 08/04/10
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
Wow! Yesterday was WWOZ at it's best. As I traveled the last leg of a grueling 1,200 mile trip to Baltimore yesterday, I was accompanied by a beautiful hitchhiker - the WWOZ Iphone application.  A hitchhiker who told amazing stories and played great music in the form of ... Read more

Still Singing the Blues documentary on Tuesday Kitchen Sink

Mon, 08/02/10
Authored by David Kunian
Y'all get ready because we're bringing you the blues this Tuesday - 8/3/10 at 10 PM CST. First we'll put on the great documentary "Still Singing the Blues" produced by hard working radiomen Barry Yeoman and Richard Ziglar. As they say, "Louisiana’s Interstate-10 corridor b... Read more

Out of the Mississippi Backwoods: Eric Deaton Live on the Blues Breakdown!

Thu, 07/29/10
“A red second hand guitar with a bunch of knobs and switches, plugged into a Sears & Roebuck amplifier, an ass pocket of Jack Daniels and a box of fried chicken, riding towards a cabin set deep in the Mississippi backwood…** Chulahoma trrance blues lives on in the drone and... Read more

ceasar elloie...from n.o. to wwoz

Tue, 07/27/10
Authored by Lisa Barrios
Ceasar Elloie will be dropping in Thursday @ 10:00a.m. to talk about his show that night @ Harrah's in the Masquerade Room. There are 2 shows, 6 & 7:45. Ceasar has a new CD called " New Orleans to Paris ", featuring a host of musical luminaries. Be sure to tune in !! Read more

Island Aid Concert 2010 Slide Show

Sun, 07/25/10
Thanks to everyone who showed up to support the good people of Grand Isle at the First Annual Island Aid Music Festival held on Saturday July 24, 2010. Come on down next year and pass a good time with us! Read more

On vacation this week..........................

Fri, 07/23/10
Authored by Big D
Trout did a fine job with "Crossroad" this week, I had a chance to listen while in Cherokee to do a little gem mining. Libby and I are at our "summer / retirement" home in North Carolina for the week. As I said we went to Cherokee and found a lovely garnet (2 caret) that L... Read more

Brother Dege Rides into Town

Thu, 07/22/10
In the twilight mist, and the waning light of the stormy swamps of my twisted mind there is a place where I can always hear the sound of Brother Dege’s gothic blues. On his new album “Folk Songs of the American Longhair” angels of death fly over the city as the ominously t... Read more

New Orleans in Switzerland: The Sound After The Storm

Fri, 07/16/10
For over a year, the film team of Patrik Soergel, Ryan Fenson-Hood, and Sven O. Hill worked in Ascona, Switzerland, New Orleans, and Stresa, Italy, documenting post-Katrina life. They focused on Lillian Boutte, Dr. Michael White, & Armand “Sheik” Richardson, all New Orleans na... Read more

Drew Landry: A Voice for the People

Wed, 07/14/10
There is something so incredibly earthy and moving about Drew Landry and his songs. I have been trying to get him to come into the studio, and play and talk on the Blues Breakdown for some time now. His songs about the life and people of the woods and marshlands of South ... Read more

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