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From an old furniture warehouse on the corner of St. Roch and St. Claude to a
modern building housing hollistic business and services, The Healing Center
opens in the Bywater this weekend. It contains an arts performance space
and a food co-op, among others, and Carrie Ha...
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“Ponderosa Stomp 2011” features a dip and stroll into some New Orleans
incredible Rock and Roll history, with highlights of the Creole String Beans,
a musical act that keeps it real with everything from King Floyd to Chuck
Berry tunes. We close the show with an interview ...
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False prophets, or rather, critics label Dax Riggs with words like
“dark”, “morbid”, “goth” but maybe they are confused by his album
titles such as “We Sing of Only Blood or Love” or song titles such as
“I Hear Satan“.
I see him more as an angel crying out of the the da...
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In the 1980s, the audience for Louisiana music was a mere handful of hipsters
fans. Music collector types. Louisiana music wasn't on radio or
commercials or movie sound tracks. There was no "Treme." The local
musicians we take for granted today were barely gigging in to...
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On any given night in New Orleans, you’re likely to find a place with live
music and free food. Sometimes it’s red beans and trad jazz, other times
it’s BBQ and the blues. On this week’s program, it’s curry and the
pocket brass band music of Magnetic Ear, an ensemble headed...
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WWOZ looks forward as we commemorate the sixth anniversary of Katrina. We've compiled Katrina-related community events, along with a feature report by our community partner The Lens and audio documentaries by show host George Ingmire that pay homage to New Orleans cultural fig...
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Coach, a prominent figure in the Mardi Gras Indian community, passed away on
Friday, August 5th.
Collins Anthony "Coach" Lewis was a member of several Mardi Gras Indian
gangs, including the FiYiYi and Mandingo Warriors. He also volunteered with
the BackStreet Museum. Coac...
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Join us tonight on the Kitchen Sink Show at 10:00 p.m. as Mr. Quintron stops
in to Guest D.J.
Rumor has it that he will be bringing a copy of the 2011 Ninth Ward Marching
Band recordings from their Piety Street recording sessions.
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Trumpet Mike Kobrin is originally from Brooklyn. He moved to New
Orleans and was the web editor and music listings editor at WWOZ for about
two years.
Mike says: “That was up until about the end of 2010 when I
decided to take it full time to the trumpet ‘caus...
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