This one requires little explanation; we offer it purely for your viewing
entertainment. A 24-year-old Wynton Marsalis matches chops with Hoots the Owl
in a Sesame Street Clip from 1985.
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The Cosimo Code is an on-going project launched a few months ago, a
collaborative internet resource of note to anyone interested in the history
of New Orleans R&B.
It's well known that from the 1940s through the 1960s, Cosimo Matassa,
operated a pair of French Quarter recor...
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Some of the best whiskey in America, food from Dickie Brennan, and beautiful
women in various states of undress, do I really need to say more to entice
you to one of premiere parties of the Summer here in New Orleans? But there
is more, the party also features aerialists...
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Check out what I just found in my mailbox here at WWOZ. The new album by
Jamie Lynn Vessels.
I had a backlog of CDs in my "listen to" box. These are the ever growing
collection of music that we show hosts are delivered, many, directly from the
artists.
I liked what I heard...
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This week's show explores the connection between 1950's Rock and Roll and
it's influence on today's local musicians. We take you down in the far side
of the Bywater neighborhood, to a windowless bar known as BJ's Lounge
where on Monday nights, you can find King James and th...
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We recently received the photo above and the note of explanation below, and
it's a pleasure to share both. If nothing else, it's a great counterpoint to
another sweaty day in New Orleans.
Here I am on Father's Day in Juneau, Alaska my home. This photo was taken by
my ...
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OK, we're all busy people as we rocket through time and space on this rock
that we call Earth, so I'll make this quick:
Tuesday night 6/18/13 10 PM CST on 90.7 FM:
The annual Sun Ra Solstice show! At least 2 hours of nothing but Sun Ra and
the Cosmo Arkestra, the Space ...
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Bikes, Good Music, Good People, Drinks and Fun!!!! Join us!!!
Friday in kicking it off......
In addition to Old Man River's weekly bike ride,
It's all about the MUSIC bike ride!
which starts at Congo Square in Armstrong Park every Tuesday at 6pm
I will be leading a Friday ni...
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Gone but never forgotten! In the clip below, listen to the late, great Ernie
K-Doe on WWOZ, some time in the mid-to-late 1980s.
In addition to comparing himself to other DJs, K-Doe explains the importance
of talking to radio stations: "Talkin' makes a radio station.... You m...
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On June 13, WWOZ sponsored a community forum on music education. The forum addressed a number of questions: What's working with music education today in New Orleans? What's not? How can we help pass New Orleans music onto the next generation?
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