In backyards across New Orleans, the 100 members of BYO gather to tell
stories that are live, unscripted, and true to the teller. Last Saturday
night, we featured a recording of Elizabeth Steeby's story of guns, guts and
a woman's rite of passage.
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R.I.P. He was a legend, and a very nice man. He was also WWOZ's locksmith for
many years when the station was located in Armstrong Park. He will be more
than missed.
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Patrick O’Flaherty and Beth Patterson will be playing two shows in New
Orleans next week to celebrate the release of their latest CD, the aptly
named Caelic.
“There are no songs sung in English here,” said Lafayette native Beth
Patterson. “It’s very bare bones going back to...
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24 years ago (September 12th, 1988), Jamaica was blasted by the then category
three storm, Hurricane Gilbert. On its way to the Yucatan, Gilbert became a
huge category five hurricane with 185mph winds and a then record-setting 888
millibars of low pressure.
"Gilbert," li...
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Various New Orleans Celtic groups will be performing this weekend at the
popular Mississippi CelticFest in Jackson, Mississippi.
For the New Orleans Strathspey and Reel Society this will be their 10 year
anniversary in Jackson and they plan to mix it up.
“In New Orleans t...
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I would like to ask for a little help from the WWOZ listeners. As a result of
my having to most complete collection of WWOZ CD's I have become the
archievist for the collection. I need your help with two of the CD's. CD
number 2 and number 9.
For #2, I need to borrow a copy...
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Entergy trucks, neighbors and friendly strangers asking how I'm doing how I
fared, Mississippi river bike ride, lights being fixed on Canal Street, news
crews packing it up yet some still trying to get the story disappointed they
didn't get their Katrina anniversary Emmy wi...
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I hope to be able to present a South African edition of the World Journey
this Saturday and feature music that I learned about and picked up while I
was there with the WWOZ team that went to the Joy of Jazz Festival in
Johannesburg last week. It was the end of a dry winter...
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George Ingmire and I are in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the Joy of Jazz
festival which started today, Thursday, 23 August. We hope to bring you a
broadcast from here during my World Journey show this Saturday. I will be
co-hosting a Saturday show here with a woman who...
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