Stanley Dural, Jr. of Buckwheat Zydeco at Jazz Fest 2003. Photo by Owen
Murphy, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and...
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Most second line parades go on rain or shine-- or crucial Saints game.
Yesterday, the New Generation SAPC paraded through uptown for four hours as
the Saints took on the 49ers in the Superdome. WWOZ was on hand to capture
some of the scene:
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Mark Hawkins, Sondra Bibb, and Samirah Evans, broadcasting live from Jazz
Fest. Photo courtesy of Samirah Evans.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
Fest 50...
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Rising Star Drum & Fife Corps at Koindu, mid-1980s. Photo by Laura
Fanguy courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at ou...
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WWOZ turned 39 on Wednesday, December 4 and we celebrated on the airwaves
with some special programming! From 9a-7pm, current and former members of the
WWOZ community shared their stories, experiences, and memories of the station
since 1980. Hear it now on our 2-week archiv...
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We hope you enjoyed the special programming on Wednesday for our 39th
birthday! We welcomed a number of special guests back into the studio to
share stories about WWOZ's past, shared very rare performances recorded or
broadcast live by WWOZ, and much more. There were so man...
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The scene at Stage 4 ca. 1980. Photo by Laura Fanguy courtesy of the New
Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
Fest 50 page,...
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1 Cosa Nostra The Pasito Allstars 03:49 Black Feeling: Volume Two
2 Stronger Mavis Staples 03:15 We Get By
3 I Shall Be Released The Mighty Diamonds 03:57 Reggae Tribute to Bob Dylan
4 I'll Be Doggone SOLOMON BURKE 02:56 Proud Mary
5 Fancy Irma Thomas 04:45 Full Time Woman: Th...
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The Folk Alliance International Conference is coming to New Orleans this
year and WWOZ is partnering with the good people at the conference to give
a special shoutout to the Louisiana-based Official Showcase artists and the
work they’re doing to strengthen the arts communit...
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Between 1947 and 1956, the music that was laid down at Cosimo Matassa's
modest J&M Recording Studio on the corner of N. Rampart and Dumaine became
the music of the world. From Roy Brown's 1947 chart-topper 'Good Rockin'
Tonight' to Fats Domino's 'Going to the River' and 'My...
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