Seven years ago, in the post-Katrina world - remember?
The speaker of the House of Representatives advocated to abandon New Orleans
and New Orleans residents were being removed from the city by the national
guard. There was no WWOZ on the air or internet. We were losing ...
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Join us Wednesday night November 7th from 10:00 p.m. till midnightish as we
have special guest Ted Riederara of Never Records joining us for a very
special show. Ted will be spinning vinyl records manufactured during the past
month he has spent in New Orleans. Ryan Scully w...
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VOODOO 2012 LA PERFORMERS
* May not reflect most recent schedule changes
At least 46 of 86 (53+%) performers have Louisiana connections. Here is a
program for your Louisiana-flavored 2012 Voodoo Experience:
Anders Osborne – Between the sheer force and potent
l...
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phew. Yesterday beat me up. Today, I took a much more chill approach. I
played the drums for awhile (I'm not so good, I need a lot of practice) and
then I headed out to Bacchanal to meet friends for a girls night with Helen
Gillet playing so beautifully under the trees and ...
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Today is day 1 of my 30 day commitment to seeing live music everyday. I see a
lot of music but I think I can step it up and see at least one live set a
day, every day. No matter what. I intend to be deliberately diverse, seeing
things that I would not normally see, what peo...
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Another in our series of Saturday night bedtime stories from the BYO folks
who sponsor pop up story-telling events in New Orleans backyards. Their
next event is Sunday, October 21st at 1649 N. Robertson (between St. Bernard
and Annette Streets. The gate to the backyard ...
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Green is commonly thought of as the national colour of Ireland but for the
acclaimed Brock McGuire Irish Traditional Band blue, as in Bluegrass, is
pretty cool too.
This October at the Irish House on St Charles Avenue, they will give New
Orleans a taste of the very best of ...
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In backyards across New Orleans, the 100 members of BYO gather to tell
stories that are live, unscripted, and true to the teller. Last Saturday
night, we featured a recording of Elizabeth Steeby's story of guns, guts and
a woman's rite of passage.
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R.I.P. He was a legend, and a very nice man. He was also WWOZ's locksmith for
many years when the station was located in Armstrong Park. He will be more
than missed.
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Patrick O’Flaherty and Beth Patterson will be playing two shows in New
Orleans next week to celebrate the release of their latest CD, the aptly
named Caelic.
“There are no songs sung in English here,” said Lafayette native Beth
Patterson. “It’s very bare bones going back to...
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