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The Sandbar is up and cooking this week with New Orleans' own incredible
Herlin Riley playing and teaching at the same time.
If you ever wanted an opportunity to be with a master while he works with
young and enthusiastic musicians, don't miss this week's performance. For
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Antoinette K-Doe, widow of R&B singer Ernie K-Doe, passed early Mardi Gras morning at the age of 66. "Miss Antoinette" ran the Mother-In-Law Lounge after her husband's death and was dedicated to rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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I am shocked and saddened by the death of Antoinette K-Doe on Mardi Gras Day.
I can't say that I knew her nearly as well as others who will post in various
places. I first met her three years ago when I had her as a guest on my show.
And last month, it was at the Mother-In-...
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A half century ago, the corner butcher shop was a staple of New Orleans neighborhood life. Today, most of these butcher shops are gone, and most people buy their meat in shrink-wrapped packages from the supermarket aisle.
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"Toronto native and Sackville recording artist Andrew Scott has become the
standard bearer for the next generation of great Canadian jazz musicians.
"His many accomplishments include graduating from York University with a PhD
in Musicology/ Ethnomusicology, but there is not...
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For many New Orleanians, Mardi Gras season is the time to take down the boxes stuffed with glittery fabric and feathers, hit the thrift stores, and start stirring the paper mache. What does costuming mean? A time to escape, a time to play, a time to hide and be seen all at onc...
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After a long illness, Snooks Eaglin passed on Wednesday, February 18. For over five decades, Snooks dazzled audiences with his unique guitar style and vast repertoire. Please join WWOZ in remembering this profoundly influential New Orleans musician.
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Tune into Jazz Lunatique with host David Kunian to hear the fearsome
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble at midnight. The sounds of Sun Ra combined with
a second line band, the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble hails from
Massachusetts.
This is their warm-up gig for their Thursday ni...
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The movie, The Watchmen, will be released the first week of March and it is
begging for a special show to celebrate this treatment of the only book I've
ever read. (Liked it so much I read it thousands of times - didn't have time
left for other books.)
So how do you creat...
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