The schedule is out for the 2013 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, which will take place October 18-20, presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival & Foundation. WWOZ will broadcast much of the event live from Lafayette Square.
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If there actually is a Heaven, and if I ever make it there once I
march on, if I don’t hear the Preservation Hall Jazz Band playing (in any
incarnation from ’61 til present) then I’ll know I must be in the wrong
place. Long before I was ever even thought of being bor...
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Check out this fascinating, short (12+ minutes) documentary about Theresa Andersson's performance aboard a giant puppet bird in the 2012 Muses Parade.
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Join Brice Nice and Alski this Friday night for another edition of Sound
Clash, a friendly musical duel. As usual the only rule is staying in the
groove.
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Lionel Ferbos' birthday is on July 17, one week from today. This year he will
be 102!
Still leading The Louisiana Shakers most Saturday nights at Palm Court Jazz
Cafe, he is New Orleans' oldest active musician. He has played every JazzFest
and is still a fixture at major mu...
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This week’s program is a dedicated to a full hour of the Royal Southern
Brotherhood, recorded live at French Quarter Fest 2012. The rock 'n' roll
collective is headed by Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, and Mike Zito. Together
they fuse elements of New Orleans funk rhythms, sou...
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Jivin' Gene, the DJ not the singer... I've heard him announce himself in such
humble fashion many times, in his smooth, down home New Orleans accent. What
followed after was always some of the best Rhythm and Blues of the 1950's
that have ever been played on these airwaves,...
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Props to Jivin' Gene, whose tenure at WWOZ began in the station's early days
above Tipitina's. He'll be doing his last "50s R&B with Jivin' Gene and Neil
Pellegrin" show on Tuesday, July 9, from 7-10pm.
Read more about Jivin' Gene's career at WWOZ, and check out his February...
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Congratulations to Gerald French, winner of the 2013 JazzAscona Award,
presented at this year's JazzAscona Festival. The festival has been held
annually in the lakeside town of Ascona, Switzerland for the last 29 years.
Previous recipients of the award include Lillian Boutt...
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There’s shows you go to in NYC when an artist from Nola
comes to town, brings their funky soulful music with them, gets the crowd
moving to their syncopated groove and brings that Crescent City flavor to the
New York party. You see the New Yorkers do a mock se...
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