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New Orleans musicians -- on tuba, drums and trombone, Joshua Brown

Sun, 03/11/12
Authored by Raymond Kent
    You wouldn’t know it to watch him bouncing ever so slightly when he plays tuba, providing the bass lines, sometimes nearly hidden in the unlit back part of the stage behind the reed and brass of the Lagniappe Brass Band – or when the reed and brass line parts like the R... Read more

What radio could be - the Firesign Theatre.

Sat, 03/10/12
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
  From NY Times, March 9th   By PAUL VITELLO Peter Bergman, a founding member of the surrealist comedy troupe Firesign Theater, whose albums became cult favorites among college students in the late 1960s and ’70s for a brand of sly, multilayered satire so dense it seem... Read more

Live Live to T-Bird and the Breaks

Wed, 03/07/12
Streaming live from the 2012 Integrated Media Association conference, courtesy of TuneIn and StreamGuys. Listen Live between 8pm - 10pm Wednesday March 7th. Read more

The Secret Lives of Volunteers

Tue, 03/06/12
Authored by Melanie Merz
All of the volunteers at 'OZ live different lives and work jobs to pay the bills, but they keep coming back to the roost during pledge drive to see old friends, make new ones and enjoy the tunes. Learn a little bit more about our eclectic, audiophile family! Read more

Michael Dominici's camera.

Tue, 03/06/12
Authored by Michael Dominici
I take my camera mostly everywhere. It takes pictures. These are some of those pictures. Read more

"From the Congo to Appalachia"

Tue, 03/06/12
Authored by George Ingmire
This week, we feature an hour of musical travels with Rising Appalachia and Ensemble Fatien. We also preview the Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival and our culinary crossroads lead us to the New Orleans Roadfood Festival. Bonus Audio 1 - Extended interview with Scott Ai... Read more

Bards of Bywater Tribute To LEONARD COHEN

Mon, 03/05/12
Authored by Michael Dominici
Greetings Music Lovers, My name is Michael Dominici and I've been a volunteer with WWOZ since 1996. As a native New Orleanian and a life long music lover, I've had a chance to experience a lot of great music in this town. Still, every once in a while I get caught off guard ... Read more

Jesse Paige - My New Orleans

Fri, 03/02/12
Authored by Zachary Young

Bringing it Back Celebration at Ted’s Frostop

Thu, 03/01/12
Authored by Ronald Clingenpeel
The big root beer mug has been lifted off the ground, the neon replaced and the mug is now spinning ontop a pole on Claiborne Ave. announcing a new beginning at Ted’s Frostop. Opened in 1955 and part of a tradition that dates to 1929, the Frostop is ready to rock again. To ... Read more

Congo Square Rhythms Festival 2012

Thu, 03/01/12
On March 24 and 25, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the fifth annual Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival. The festival showcases the influences from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America that combined in the Crescent City to make New Orleans a melting... Read more

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