WWOZ brings together our local, national and international supporters into a distinctive community that celebrates and strengthens the music, musicians, culture and culture bearers of New Orleans.
1) It's Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest time! Grammy Award winners Bobby Rush
and Robert Cray headline this year's event and tons of other great artists
are performing, too. Head down to Lafayette Square starting Friday night for
the best blues and best BBQ New Orleans has t...
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Tab Benoit headlined Friday night at Crescent City Blues & BBQ last year to
a very enthusiastic crowd. Check out the Louisiana native's performance of
'The Blues Are Here To Stay' below.
Tab's not performing this year, but a ton of other great artists are. Check
out this ...
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Seven decades after Thelonious Monk helped lay the foundation for modern
jazz, he remains a strong influence on contemporary musicians.
"As a pianist, composer and arranger, Monk’s genius was both evolutionary
and disruptive. He didn’t reject, ignore, or deconstruct the mus...
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Vasti Jackson laid down a great performance at Crescent City Blues & BBQ
Fest 2014-- check out a lengthy highlight below. He's not performing this
year, but a ton of other great artists are. Check out this year's lineup
here. If you can't be there in person, WWOZ will be br...
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Vasti Jackson laid down a great performance at Crescent City Blues & BBQ
Fest 2014-- check out a lengthy highlight below. He's not performing this
year, but a ton of other great artists are. Check out this year's lineup
here. If you can't be there in person, WWOZ will be br...
Read more
1 white nile kelan phil cohran and legacy 10:08
african skies
2 Libertango Akua Dixon 06:21 Akua Dixon
3 Adirghe Helinyal Yared Gedam 02:48 Solo Piano
Ethiopian
4 Blues Waltz The Latin Jazz Quintet 04:15 Latin
...
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Here is a recap of Friday, the second day of the 8th annual Festy, and what
a wonderful day it was. The crowds grew substantially throughout the day and
even into the evening for day two. The music definitely kicked up a notch as
well with bluegrass legend Sam Bush play...
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Here is a recap of Friday, the second day of the 8th annual Festy, and what
a wonderful day it was. The crowds grew substantially throughout the day and
even into the evening for day two. The music definitely kicked up a notch as
well with bluegrass legend Sam Bush playing...
Read more