In honor of Allen Toussaint's birthday on January 14, we're spending this
week looking back at some fantastic tributes that our 2016 Piano Night
performers paid to him last April. See the whole collection here.
Up first, Joe Krown performs 'Mother-In-Law,' the 1961 hit made...
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1) It's Carnival Time! January 6 is Twelfth Night and marks the start of the
2017 Carnival season in New Orleans. There is plenty going on tonight,
including Phunny Phorty Phellows and Not So Secret Society of the Elysian
Fields (see the full 2017 parade schedule here) and ...
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Twelfth Night is upon us, marking the start of the 2017 Carnival season!
Check out the New Orleans parade schedule (subject to change) below.
Friday, January 6
7p Phunny Phorty Phellows (St. Charles Streetcar)
7:30p Not So Secret Society of the Elysian Fields (Rampart Street...
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The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival returns Thursday, January 12 to
Sunday, January 15. This annual festival is held each January in honor of the
late Danny Barker's birthday on the 13th.
WWOZ will be broadcasting and video streaming live from the opening night of
the...
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A new release from Mahalia Jackson features 11 previously unheard tracks
discovered through research at The Historic New Orleans Collection. Moving On
Up A Little Higher was released by Shanachie Records in late September 2016
and produced by Anthony Heilbut, a respected re...
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Listen in 7-10p tonight (Tuesday, January 3) as host Neil Pellegrin welcomes
Andre Labat, the current owner of a portion of Poppa Stoppa's record
collection, to our airwaves. Labat currently holds a bundle of 45s and
4-track broadcast tapes originally owned by the legendary...
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2 Border Song (Holy Moses) Aretha Franklin 03:21
Queen Of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 3] 2016/12/30 22:02:41
3 I Won't Back Down Roy Tyler & New Directions 03:1...
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Happy New Year!!!
1) Check out our Livewire Music Calendar or Livewire iPhone app for all of
the great shows happening around town on New Year's Eve and New Years Day.
Our top pick is Foundation of Funk and Dumpstaphunk at the Joy Theater. Ring
in 2017 in fully funkified f...
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Lady & Men Rollers stepped out on Sunday, December 25 for their annual second
line parade and WWOZ was there to catch the scene. Christmas in New Orleans,
baby!
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