It was a glorious day!
Over 30 years ago I found myself at my first, no adult supervision Mardi
Gras. My friend Anna turned on the radio as we got costumed and I stopped in
my tracks. I couldn’t believe that there was a station playing the music my
father played (traditiona...
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Phone volunteers are an indispensable part of WWOZ's Membership Drives. And
they're SO adorable.
We thought it would be fun to take a look at all the photos in our Flickr set
of phone volunteers through the years. Wow!
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How about we get Wednesday (Vernal Pledge Party, Day 2) going with little
Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, doing "I'll Wait For You" from their
recent Fooler's Gold CD?
This was recorded for on Dutch TV at Bimhuis (a venue for jazz and improvised
music in Amsterdam) ...
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It's Pledge Party time, vernal edition! We love hearing from our listeners,
who are invited to share their comments about the station when they
contribute and help us guard the groove. Here's a sampling:
We love you!!! We listen every day, can’t live without you!
–Gary &...
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When I was a small (problem) child, I hid underneath the covers at night with
a small radio. I went back and forth through the stations and the white noise
and the static of broken music and words.
Late night preachers, forgotton blues, country songs about trucks, trains an...
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Our Spring Membership Drive--AKA the Vernal Pledge Party--is currently
happening (and happening, if you get my drift) and runs through Friday, March
28. WWOZ is only alive and kickin' thanks to the generous support of you, our
family of members.
Here are some reasons to sup...
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Coming this Saturday night (March 22) to the Congo Square New World Rhythms
Festival in Armstrong Park: Brooklyn's Red Baraat and their exhilarating
blend of North Indian Bhangra rhythms with jazz, brass, funk, hip-hop, and
more. (A "kind of ethnomusicologist’s academic dre...
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