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On this week’s show, we meet up with the 9th Ward Marching Band, as they
get ready for Carnival. Along the Culinary Crossroads, we enjoy a Carnival
tradition--King Cake! We visit Cake Café and their new twist on an old
tradition: green apple and goat cheese King Cake. As pa...
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Journalist Bill Sasser reports on the current efforts of New Orleans-based Hope for Haitian Children and its director, Marie- Jose Poux a year after the earthquake. As Jazz Fest rolls around, New Orleanians with ties to Haiti bring aid to Haiti and work to promote Haitian cult...
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Be sure to tune in Wednesday February 23 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on
Records from the Crypt Show as Billy Delle and the Boudin Man team up to
Celebrate the birthday of Bobby Charles.We will be spinning the music of
Bobby Charles as well as discussing the inner conductiv...
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Dear Listener,"The Green Room is smoking and the Plaza burning
down..."It's Carnival Time and 'OZ's definitely in the 'Zone. We're fixin'
to debut our very own Mardi Gras float this year! Coming to a neighborhood
near you, in some of the season's most festivious parades tha...
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On this week’s show, we hear from Matt Lemmler about his approach to
musical arrangements, followed by the Pfister Sisters who bring music,
humor, and harmony to new heights. And that’s not all, we also visit a
local fresh foods market in Hollygrove and walk down memory lan...
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A traditional King Cake is circular in shape to represent a crown, and
decorated with sugar tinted in the classic Carnival colors---green, gold, and
purple, symbolizing faith, power, and justice. If you're tired of eating
grocery store King Cake and want a great recipe to u...
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HBO’s Treme hosted the 2nd Annual “My Darlin’ New Orleans” Auction and Celebrity Gala and raised over $100,000 to be split by The Roots of Music and the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic and Assistance Foundation. Check out photo highlights from the evening's celebration.
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(We're in a family way) Tonight's show will go beyond the too-familiar
family groups such as the Jackson Five and Andrews / Boswell / Lemon / etc
Sisters and try all the "brother," "sister" "family" and "twin" groups that
don't get the headlines. Yeah, groups like:Davis S...
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