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.
Big Chief Tyrone Casby of the Mohawk Hunters, came by the WWOZ Hospitality tent a few days ago to talk with us about all the state of the Mardi Gras tradition in 2012 and why Jazz Fest dedicated this year's Cultural Exchange Pavilion to Mardi Gras indian culture, performance, ...
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This Sicilian ritual of St. Joseph feast day altars for March 19 is still celebrated in New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana. This is also one of the most magical evenings of the year when Mardi Gras Indians take to the streets all over town.
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Celebration's in New Orleans pop-up year round, so, why should St. Patrick's Day be any different? New Orleans has a rich Irish history with the first St. Patrick's celebration taking place in 1809. So don your green, find a lucky four-leaf-clover and head out this St. Patty's...
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This week’s program features an hour of Flamenco with music and interviews.
During the show, Teresa Romero Torkanowsky, who opened a Flamenco club in
the French Quarter in the 1960s, visits us. To satisfy our appetite, we stop
by Rio Mar restaurant for a sampling of cevich...
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You wouldn’t know it to watch him bouncing ever so slightly when he
plays tuba, providing the bass lines, sometimes nearly hidden in the unlit
back part of the stage behind the reed and brass of the Lagniappe Brass Band
– or when the reed and brass line parts like the R...
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From NY Times, March 9th
By PAUL VITELLO
Peter Bergman, a founding member of the surrealist comedy troupe Firesign
Theater, whose albums became cult favorites among college students in the
late 1960s and ’70s for a brand of sly, multilayered satire so dense it
seem...
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Streaming live from the 2012 Integrated Media Association conference, courtesy of TuneIn and StreamGuys. Listen Live between 8pm - 10pm Wednesday March 7th.
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All of the volunteers at 'OZ live different lives and work jobs to pay the bills, but they keep coming back to the roost during pledge drive to see old friends, make new ones and enjoy the tunes. Learn a little bit more about our eclectic, audiophile family!
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