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Walking up to Lafayette Square there's blues guitar playing, beer drinking
and as a cool fall breeze polishes your face it's inherently evident where
the barbeque is coming from. It's that time of the year... the Crescent City
Blues and BBQ Festival!
In commemoration, we b...
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Good afternoon OZillians. This summer I had the oppurtunity to embark on a
road trip to the far off land of the West Coast. Upon my journey I met
countless of wonderful folks, some of whom knew and loved WWOZ. This was an
unsuprising suprise, since we are the greatest stati...
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Davy Mooney and T.R. Johnson discuss his jazz guitar technique and his album
Perrier Street, dedicatd to Clyde Kerr Jr., with whom Mooney studied.
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Simply stated, they do not make them like Ready Teddy McQuiston any more. Do
you hear me? They DO NOT. This was a man with more energy and more aliveness
(if that's not a word, it is now) than entire counties and parishes. It's
hard to believe that he's gone. Back when I ar...
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1983 Grammy winner and Blues Hall of Famer, the King of Zydeco, from
Opelousas, Louisiana, here's the late great Clifton Chenier doing "Tu Peux
Cogner (Mais Tu Peux Pas Rentrer)" (Keep-A-Knockin' But You Can't Come In) on
Dutch television. I don't have an exact date, but so...
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In This Issue
See "Guardians of the Groove" on WWL-TV
Call for Volunteers, Fall Membership Drive
Free Jazz Journey Concert: Roberto Fonseca, October 1
Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, October 18-20
Introducing "The WWOZ Interview"
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Whether you’re doing the Mississippi Slow Drag or the New Orleans Shuffle, you’re in the right place. During the program, we’ll be exploring music from the 1920's, when Blues and Jazz were musically closer with Luke Winslow-King, and then continue on into the 30's and 40's whe...
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Jazz Fest got it exactly right when they described Mia Borders as "an embodiment of modern New Orleans - soulful, beautiful, energetic, rooted in tradition but speaking for today". Check out a recent video from her album Wherever There Is, and shot on the Mississippi a few blo...
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