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Pauline "Queen Ree" Johnson has masked for 36 years. In 1977, her
brother, David "Lightning" Johnson, who was flag boy for the Wild Magnolias,
introduced her to "Lil Walter" Cook, Big Chief of the Creole Wild West gang.
Queen Ree sewed her first suit and made her Mardi Gr...
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Here's Little Freddie King with "Pauger Street Boogie", a song rooted in his
memories of the Last Chance Lounge. A cousin of Lightin' Hopkins, King was
born in McComb, MS but has been a New Orleanian since the age of 14. This
performance was recorded by the WWOZ video unit ...
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In this piece from NPR Music, rapper Kendrick Lamar, whose latest album, To
Pimp a Butterfly, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's albums chart earlier this
year, visits Brian Mooney's class at High Tech High School in North Bergen,
N.J. Lamar's work engages themes of blackness ...
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Essence Fest is returning to New Orleans this weekend, Friday, July 3 to
Sunday, July 5, with some of the top names in regional, national and
international black entertainment today. This year, locals Mystikal,
Dumpstaphunk, Tank & the Bangas, and Trombone Shorty & Orleans ...
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Anders Osborne and Luther Dickinson cover "Black Muddy River" from the
Grateful Dead's In The Dark album. This video is part of a series of Grateful
Dead covers called "Songs Of Their Own" produced by JamBase to pay tribute to
the the Grateful Dead’s influential original so...
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This one's for fans of improvisational jazz: Long Sidewalks' album Staffa is
one of the first projects of the New Orleans International Sound Exchange, a
non-profit dedicated to fostering interactions between New Orleans-based
improvisers and world-class musicians from othe...
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Num.
Title
Artist
Time
Release
Start Time
1
A Change is Gonna Come
Jack McDuff
03:06
A Change Is Gonna Come
2015/6/30 06:03:13
2
Ceora
Lee Morgan
06:25
The Best Of Lee Morgan [Bonus Tracks]
2015/6/30 06:07:07
...
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