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We at WWOZ are deeply saddened by the loss of Uncle Lionel and we have are sending our prayers to his family. Whether he wasn't out and about with the Treme Brass Band or strolling through the Quarter with his cane in hand, he was a true gentleman and an ace musician.
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Please bring an appetite to this week’s program, as we dedicate the whole hour to food and songs about food. We’ll do the Chicken Dance with Little Freddie King, have some Pink Champagne with Bob Andrews and walk down memory lane with sausage maker Vance Vaucresson.
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This year's European journey started on a bus filled with musicians from
the JazzAscona Festival in the Ticino region of Switzerland, one day before
the festival in Ascona began. We traveled south along the shore of Lake
Maggiore, crossed the border into Italy, & pulled in...
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The Marcus Roberts Trio, along with Béla Fleck, brought the sounds of New
Orleans jazz to the mountains of Colorado yesterday at the Telluride
Bluegrass Festival.
Marcus Roberts, Rodney Jordan and Jason Marsalis mixed Jazz and Bluegrass
with the premium banjo player Béla Fl...
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On today’s program, we enjoy an hour of music and interviews with Los Po-Boy-Citos, along with a visit to the Superfood Bar on Magazine Street. To wrap things up, we get ready for this year’s Running of the Bulls.
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Alright all you Solar System Intergalactic Tone Scientists, the mad mixers of
the Kitchen Sink, in celebration of the Summer Solstice, will be presenting
the usual 2 hours of Sun Ra!
Sun Ra of the Intergalactic Omniverse Orchestra
Sun Ra of the Nubian Planet Arkestra
Sun R...
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Brother Dege is getting ready to ride back into town and he is headed back to
The Blues Breakdown with yours truly, "The Problem Child".
Brother Dege is one of the true voices of the Deep South, as it is today. You
can hear the echoes of the old times, not forgotten, in his...
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Check out this great recipe for Grilled Oysters with Garlic-Chile Butter, courtesy of Chef Donald Link, Chef and Owner of Herbsaint, Cochon, Cochon Butcher and Calcasieu. It's featured in the New Orleans All The Way Live episode "Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival 2012."
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Lloyd Harris, Jr. has been music educator for fifty years in the New Orleans
area. He is a member of Louisiana Music Educator’s Hall of Fame, winner
of the New Orleans Public School teaching award, a composer, teacher,
musician and someone who has left his mark on the mu...
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