WWOZ brings together our local, national and international supporters into a distinctive community that celebrates and strengthens the music, musicians, culture and culture bearers of New Orleans.
See Red, the sophomore release by duo Deltaphonic , combines roots rock,
outlaw country blues, and New Orleans funk for studio record that expands
upon their signature sound. Andrew T. Weekes (guitars, vocals, bass) and
Ciaran Brennan (drums, percussion, xylophone, vocals) ...
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Tune In Wednesday Night June 21 at 10:00 p.m. Dr. Ike of the Ponderosa Stomp
Foundation will be "dropping in" with us to discuss the Magic Mountain and
Monterey Pop Festivals held a week apart in June 1967. Hopefully he'll share
some of his conversations with P.F. Sloan who...
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1 Breezin' Gabor Szabo 03:12 High Contrast
2 Sweet Bye & Bye WILLIE NELSON 02:39 The
Troublemaker
3 I Shall Not Walk Alone The Blind Boys of Alabama
05:26 Higher Ground
4 What Are They Doing in Heaven Today Mavis Staples
04:03 ...
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We'd like to introduce a new tool for exploring New Orleans music and
culture: a web site called A Closer Walk. Visitors can read descriptions by
acclaimed music writers, see rare archival photos of important music history
locales in their heyday, listen to music and oral h...
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1. WWOZ will be live broadcasting from Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco
Festival next weekend. Among the acts we'll be airing: Les Freres
Michot, Lost Bayou Ramblers, and Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band. Besides for
music, the festival also features arts market, food vendors, folk lif...
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For easy, one-touch access to mobile web sites from your device, add a
bookmark icon to your home screen. It's easy, and the process is faster than
downloading an app from an app store.
Instructions for iOS are immediately below. Instructions for Android devices
are her...
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For easy, one-touch access to "A Closer Walk" (or any other mobile web
site) from your device, add a bookmark icon to your home screen. It's an
easy, quick process.
Instructions for iOS are immediately below. Instructions for Android devices
are here.
iOS Instructio...
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Khalid
Pop music, a style of music that is ever evolving, sometimes at dizzying
speeds, with viral explosions moving folks at high BPMs from obscurity to
center stage. 19 year old, El Paso native, Khalid, has dropped a soulful
pop album American Teen, singing abo...
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A third generation trad jazz performer and a NOCCA and Loyala grad, Doyle
Cooper took up the trumpet at 10. His first Jazz Fest performance happened at
the age of 12. This year, he led his own band in a Economy Hall Tent set.
Here's the Doyle Cooper Jazz Band playing live i...
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