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Festival Bonfouca 3/18-3/20

Wed, 03/16/16
Authored by Carrie Booher
The first Festival Bonfouca will be held this weekend in Slidell. Three days of local food vendors, arts market and water sports (kayak and boat rentals, fishing rodeo), and plenty of local music will fill Heritage Park. Produced by the same folks who put on the Mid-City Ba... Read more

New music spotlight: Little Maker

Tue, 03/15/16
Authored by Carrie Booher
Little Maker is the brainchild of New Orleans vocalist/guitarist Micah McKee. "It started off like a singer-songwriter-oriented thing," McKee told nola.com last April, "and we kind of moved away from that and just kind of synthesized our own brand of rock 'n' roll with a bi... Read more

WWOZ Statement of Principles

Mon, 03/14/16
Authored by WWOZ Board
An expanded, narrative version of these principles from WWOZ Board is available here. We are in the middle of our Spring Pledge Drive and thought we’d be sure you know what we are asking you to support. Here is a summary of WWOZ’s basic principles: WWOZ’s mission is, ha... Read more

See Music Videos from the Drive

Fri, 03/11/16
Authored by David Stafford
 During our membership drives, the WWOZ video team is hard at work. Here's a sampling of highlights from  this spring's drive. You can also see acts like the ones below streamed live, IAW the schedule here.     Little Freddie King Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns Pine... Read more

1000+ hours of early jazz music for free streaming/download

Fri, 03/11/16
Authored by Carrie Booher
"All the big names of jazz, along with lesser legends, were included, and I found myself with a first class treasure of early jazz music. I had always hoped that maybe at least one of my kids would show an interest in my collection, so I began making tapes that could includ... Read more

Martin Luther King Charter School Brass Band

Thu, 03/10/16
Martin Luther King Charter School Brass Band on Cuttin' Class during the Spring 2016 Membership Drive. With Video. Read more

Acadiana Welcomes New Celtic Bayou Festival

Wed, 03/09/16
Authored by Sharon Armstrong
This weekend, Lafayette will welcome the Celtic Bayou Festival, a brand new music festival that seeks to highlight the culture and music of both the Cajun and Celtic communities of South Louisiana. Taking place at the Warehouse 535 Event Hall, 535 Garfield St., Lafayette, o... Read more

Tom McDermott, "Keep On Gwine"

Mon, 03/07/16
Authored by David Stafford
WWOZ Piano Night artist Tom McDermott performs "Keep on Gwine" at the Maple Leaf in honor of James Booker's birthday in December 2010. The song, by Mel Lastie, was part of Booker's oeuvre, appearing on the 1977 New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! LP.  Read more

Congo Kids free African drumming classes

Sat, 03/05/16
Authored by Carrie Booher
There's a fun opportunity this month for the kids in your life who've got the beat! The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and Positive Vibrations are partnering to offer a week of free African drum classes called 'Congo Kids.' The classes will be taking place March 14-... Read more

5 things to know 3/4

Fri, 03/04/16
Authored by Carrie Booher
'5 things to know' is a weekly feature highlighting different parts of the WWOZ world that you may have missed this week, including unique WWOZ programming and video, plus New Orleans events, artists, releases, features, and more. For the week ending March 3, 2016: 1. PBS... Read more

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