Have fun and be safe this New Year's Eve, y'all. To mark the occasion, here's
Los Lobos covering a swamp pop classic: "I Got Loaded".
And a little holiday lagniappe: the original version of "I Got Loaded" by Lil
Bob & the Lollipops, released on the La Louisianne label i...
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"Tiny Desk Concerts" are intimate video performances, recorded live in NPR
Music's Washington offices. This one, just published last Friday, is by the
Preservation Hall Jazz Band; it lasts around 20 minutes.
Per Bob Boilen, at whose desk these events happen: the "Preservatio...
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Kwanzaa 2013 began on Thursday, December 26 and ends on Wednesday, January 1.
Here's singular take on "When the Saints Go Marching In," played on saxophone
and accompanied by a lone precussionist and dancers, by the OsunDara Yorùbá
Dance Theater, from last year's Kwanzaa Cel...
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In doing my weekly show I have come to realize that the more
Nola-centric I make my playlist, the more my listeners like it. So I’ve
split the year-end list into two parts. First the best of the year from New
Orleans musical artists, and then the best of the year from...
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We're blessed with an extremely talented set of volunteer photographers.
Check our their incredible work (along with some by 'OZ staff):
100 photos from 2013
That's a Flickr set containing one hundred of our favorite photos from 2013's
in-studio performances, festivals, para...
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This is beyond cute.
Evie his granddaughter hugs him at the end which is mimicked by the unrelated
boy.
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The Dukes of Dixieland recorded a song about 'OZ during our last membership
drive; here they are with a pair of seasonal tunes: "Christmas Time in New
Orleans" & "Dat You Santa Claus?"
Per the band's YouTube channel, these Christmas songs were recorded last year
at the New ...
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From his recent Magic Honey release, Cyril Neville covers a Canadian guitar
rock classic: Rush's "Working Man," with Royal Southern Brotherhood's Mike
Zito and New Orleans legend Cranston Clements on guitar.
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If you're in New Orleans on the night of Wednesday, December 18, I'm inviting
you to come out and celebrate the holidays at my first-ever Swingin' Holiday
Party. Feel free to bring friends, because this party is for everyone. It's
just my way of sharing gratitude and good c...
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