WWOZ brings together our local, national and international supporters into a distinctive community that celebrates and strengthens the music, musicians, culture and culture bearers of New Orleans.
We start off with the voice and piano of New Orleans native Matt Lemmler,
followed by the hot jazz harmonies of The Pfister Sisters, a vocal trio that
carries on the tradition of the Boswell Sisters. Later on, we’ll meet up
with Trixie Minx, a Burlesque dancer who has delig...
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Guitarist, entertainer, inventor, and recording pioneer Les Paul passed away on August 13 at the age of 94. His musical career spanned an astonishing eight decades, and the guitar he designed with Gibson is one of the most recognizable in the world. We collected some of our fa...
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Everything He Did Was Funky: Lee Dorsey - a radio documentary produced by
David Kunian has its rough mix premiere tonight - Wednesday 8/19/09 10 PM CST
- on WWOZ 90.7 FM www.wwoz.org.
The documentary features Dorsey's many hits and should-have-been hits and
commentary from...
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Dear Listener,
WWOZ has always aspired to use cutting-edge technology to preserve our
heritage and nurture our very-much-alive musical culture. In that spirit, we
recently convened a panel from the front lines of the ongoing mash-up of
radio and the Internet, thanks to a ...
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Possible Big News for the Kitchen Sink on Wednesday 10 PM with Jazz Lunatique
sitting in for the Boudin Cowboy and AA. Stay tuned on Tuesday evening or
Wednesday morning for hot hitting announcement.
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Les Getrex, along with a galaxy of other New Orleans musicians, will play at Tipitina's on Saturday, August 22, as part of a 'Benefit Jam' for New Orleans' own Queen of the Blues, Ms. Marva Wright. Marva is recovering from two strokes that she suffered during the last few mont...
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When WWOZ's live broadcast team — Damond Jacob and Tony Guillory — headed
out to the beautiful San Juan Mountains in Colorado for the Telluride Jazz
Festival in early June, natural disasters were the last thing on their minds.
Beginning with a lightning strike that turned ...
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This month's recipe comes from Brent Applewhite, a cuisine chef at Refuel Café on 8124 Hampson Street in New Orleans. This delectable dish calls for 20 large Louisiana shrimp and Malibu rum and serves 10 people.
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This week's guest on "Yeah, You Right" is consummate blues artist J. Monque'D. Having performed in New Orleans professionally since the age of 13, J. has become a force to be reckoned with on the local Crescent City scene. He plays all over town with his own J. Monque'D Blues ...
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