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The Crooked Vines joined us for a live performance on the Wednesday edition
of The New Orleans Music Show this afternoon! Check it out below.
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I am very excited to be attending the 15th Annual ROMP Fest,
hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky.
The festival takes place June 27-30 and will feature headliners Ricky Skaggs
& Kentucky Thunder, Leftover Salmon, Doyle Lawso...
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We welcomed the students from Loyola Jazz Camp in for a special summertime
edition of School Groove this afternoon. Check out the performance below,
via photo gallery and video of the entire set. These kids are dedicated.
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Video from the Maafa Commemoration 2017, featuring Luther Gray and poet Sunni
Patterson. WWOZ filmed the middle of the 6 hour Remembrance and Healing
ceremony at the Mississippi riverside. The ceremony began and ended at Congo
Square. This year's commemoration will be happe...
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Barbara Lynn, The Empress of Gulf Coast Soul, has been named a National
Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow for 2018. She is one of nine
recipients to receive the Fellowship this year. Fellows are honored as those
who carry on and contribute to art forms from th...
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