Lunch time at Jazz Fest on April 26, 2013! Photo by David Stafford.
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
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"We good spirits."
WWOZ's Action Jackson sits down with Bone Man George Quinn to talk about what
it's like being a bone man coming out on Mardi Gras morning to wake up the
neighborhood. Quinn is the first Bone Man to appear at Jazz Fest.
Hear it below:
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1 Tell Your Mama Dave Hamilton 02:58 Detroit City Grooves
2 Heavy As Lead Leyla McCalla 06:37 The Capitalist Blues
3 I'm Gonna Get There Creative Source 02:24 Migration
4 Hello Stranger Brown Sugar 03:28 I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks: Brown Sugar
And The Birth Of Lovers Rock ...
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Eureka Brass Band, 1971. Photo by John Messina, courtesy of the New Orleans
Jazz & Heritage Archive.
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photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
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Food has been a major draw at Jazz Fest from the beginning. Here's a shot of
Food Area I in 1987. Photo by Burt Steel, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Archive.
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WWOZ show host Sally Young has long been connected to the New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival. She began volunteering with the festival as a teenager.
One of her duties was driving artists-- listen in to hear her wild story of
bringing Lightnin' Hopkins to the Fairgrounds.
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Perfect Gentlemen onstage with Batiste Fathers and Sons on Day 1 of Jazz Fest
2018. Photo by Michael E. McAndrew.
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photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
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The music lineup for the 2019 French Quarter Festival is out! This year's
festival is April 11-14 at stages throughout the French
Quarter. See frenchquarterfest.org for full information about the music,
food, kids activities, and other offerings.
Day-by-day lineup is belo...
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