On June 6, 2013, Hillel at Tulane University hosted a panel discussion: Does Progress Destroy Culture?, which tackled questions regarding how gentrification and urban and economic development impacts New Orleans culture. Click through to watch a UStream recording of the panel'...
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This week’s program is Part 3 of a three part series, celebrating four
years of “New Orleans All the Way Live”.
This week we hear from the musicians who make New Orleans their home. Bruce
Daigrepont shows us the guts of an accordion. Walter “Wolfman” Washington
talks about...
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This Thursday, June 6, Hillel at Tulane University is hosting a panel
discussion entitled "Does Progress Destroy Culture?", which will tackle
questions regarding how gentrification and urban and economic development
impacts New Orleans culture. For all the event details, g...
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We just received word from Jason Patterson that the wonderful soul of jazz
giant Mulgrew Miller passed on May 29th.
He kindly came on air at Jazz from the French Market and spoke with us this
April before his show at Snug Harbor.
Jason remembers: Mulgrew had just done a s...
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Preservation Hall is the kind of venerable institution that seems to have been around forever, but of course there was a time when it was new. Its founding in 1961 as a home for traditional jazz attracted national attention, including this video clip: a 2min 36sec story from t...
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This week’s program is part 2 of a 3 part series, celebrating 4 years of
“New Orleans All the Way Live.” Today, we meet up with some of the
chefs, cooks and other culinary caretakers.
CLICK HERE to listen to this week's episode!
Tee Eva talks about fried grits, chef Susan S...
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OK, all you late night lovers of the weird, wild, and wonderful on your
radio, we are celebrating!
Tonight is the 20th anniversary of my being a scheduled DJ on WWOZ!
Wahoo!
I'm certain that my listener remembers all the crazy radio from James Booker
birthdays, 5 hour...
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According to Herlin Riley, the modern drum kit was developed in New Orleans, so who better than Stanton Moore of Galactic (and, of course, the Stanton Moore Trio) to conduct a video tour of the modern drum kit? Definitely worth a look.
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Sweet news for lovers of WWOZ's frosty Jazz Fest treat: Mango Freeze is now available 364 days a year at Morning Call's City Park location, which is open 24/7 except on Christmas Day.
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At noon today, students from the the Red Wolf Brass Band of Riverdale Middle
School in Old Jefferson will be performing in the 'OZ studio. It's the latest
installment of Cuttin' Class, made possible by Coventry Health Care of
Louisiana.
The program is named for informal...
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