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Lionel Double Header

Wed, 07/11/12

Authored by:  Sally Young

Tune in on Thursday, July 12, for an extra special edition of Traditional Jazz, starting off with one hour of music dedicated to Uncle Lionel Batiste, Treme Brass Band's bass drummer and co-leader with Benny Jones, who passed away on July 8th, 2012.  Unc's inimitable style ... Read more

Uncle Lionel Batiste Celebrated in Song

Tue, 07/10/12

Authored by:  Olivia Greene

This Wednesday, July 10 we'll remember and celebrate the life of Uncle Lionel Batiste from perhaps a less familiar vantagepoint.  One of my favorite memories of Uncle Lionel are the times he would occassionally sit next to me and softly sing the old songs of his youth most ... Read more

Mark Bingham visits Wednesday's New Orleans Music Show

Paying Tribute to Uncle Lionel

Tue, 07/10/12

Authored by:  Sally Young

Tune in this week as WWOZ's show hosts pay tribute to Lionel Batiste, everybody's favorite uncle. Read more

"Summer Love" Benefit Concert @ Circle Bar Sunday 7/8

Sat, 07/07/12

Authored by:  Mark LaMaire

Don't miss this amazing concert:  Circle Bar (1032 St. Charles Ave. @ Lee Circle) is hosting "Summer Love" benefit concert, sponsored by the New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation, benefiting One World Family international health & education initiatives in Thailand/Bur... Read more

Sophisticated Ladies in Switzerland

Wed, 07/04/12

Authored by:  Sally Young

Holding her hand carved granite JazzAscona Award, Irma Thomas thanked the crowd assembled in the Jazz ClubTorre Tent after her performance. Still on their feet after her second set, they cheered for the Soul Queen of New Orleans, for that night she was the Soul Queen of Asc... Read more

Annual reading of Declaration of Independence and then Special Guest

Some Hot Zydeco After the 4th

Sat, 06/30/12

Authored by:  Father Ron

John Blanchar at Rock ‘n Bowl, has booked a couple of hot Zydeco acts for the weekend after the 4^th – Geno Delafose and Amanda Shaw. Read more

JazzAscona at Stresa

Sun, 06/24/12

Authored by:  Sally Young

 This year's European journey started on a bus filled with musicians from the JazzAscona Festival in the Ticino region of Switzerland, one day before the festival in Ascona began. We traveled south along the shore of Lake Maggiore, crossed the border into Italy, & pulled in... Read more

High Altitude Jazz

Sat, 06/23/12

Authored by:  Sharon Armstrong

The Marcus Roberts Trio, along with Béla Fleck, brought the sounds of New Orleans jazz to the mountains of Colorado yesterday at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Marcus Roberts, Rodney Jordan and Jason Marsalis mixed Jazz and Bluegrass with the premium banjo player Béla Fl... Read more