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The new song from Yes Ma'am, 'Shoulda Lean,' on the topic of "When she wanna
come home with you, but she's too drunk, don't even know your name..."
Chalmette sure is looking different these days.
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1 The Hawk Big Boss Man 03:28 Winner
2 Dim Star of the Palisades Birds of Chicago 02:59 Real Midnight
3 Drown Yourself The Staple Singers 04:43 Be What You Are (Stax LP STS-3015)
4 Weep For Me Brown Sugar feat. Clydie King 03:11 Tears Full Of Soul CD1
5 Let Me Go Girl Slim Smi...
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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the next installment of
Sync Up workshops for musicians: Virtual Gigging - Best Practices!
For the last nine months New Orleans artists of all stripes have been
redefining what it means to perform in an unprecedented lands...
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This morning, French Quarter Festivals, Inc. announced details around their
36th annual "Holidays New Orleans Style" event. HNOS encompasses some of the
city's most celebrated seasonal traditions, from Reveillon feasts to free
holiday concerts. This year, the series will of...
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In the months following the failure of the federal levee system in New
Orleans, a group of 31 community radio stations from around the world lent a
much-needed hand as WWOZ struggled to stay on the air.
WWOZ salutes this group of stations — now affectionately called the Kat...
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This week on Takin' It To The Streets, Action Jackson gets on the phone with
Shantrell Simms, president of Lady Wales Social & Pleasure Club. She
shares how she first started second lining, why it's important for clubs and
groups to work together, the parade years that real...
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Jazz Fest sign writer Nan Parati is back at it, and this time for you! As
all the festivals she does in a year have been cancelled due to COVID in
2020, she's making her hand-written sign services available for the general
public! Nan has been Jazz Fest's sign writer since ...
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A few weeks ago, WWOZ's video director happened upon friends and family
celebrating the life of New Orleans artist Katie Ray with her second line and
sendoff on the levee at the End of the World in the Bywater. RIP Katie Ray.
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1 styler man vin gordon 04:01 african shores
2 Joy In Resistance (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis) Resistance Revival Chorus
02:27 This Joy
3 Give God the Blues Shemekia Copeland 03:48 Uncivil War
4 (Man Oh Man) I Want to Go Back The Impressions 03:13 ABC Rarities
5 Don't You Ever ...
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