In honor of this weekend's spectacular blues festival in Lafayette Park,
tonight's show will feature Wild Jimmy Spruill. Who?
You've not only heard Wild Jimmy Spruill tart ultra-twangy guitar, you loved
his music. Unfortunately you probably heaped your praise not on sidema...
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Story by Sharon Armstrong.
New Orleans will be welcoming the world famous Brock McGuire Band on
Wednesday the 28th of October, at the Deutsches Haus 200 Galvez, as they
embark on their 2009 American Tour.
The Brock McGuire Band, founded in 2001 by celebrated accordionist a...
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Story by Ignacio Sanguinetti.
Friends of Humberto “Pupi” Menes, along with the New Orleans Musicians’
Clinic, will hold a benefit concert for the renowned percussionist this
Sunday, October 11 at 2 pm at the Balcony Music Club. The concert will be
hosted by “Freddy Omar co...
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This Week's Show Themes: A couple topical themes to tie the music and sound clips together during the fund drive show. Starting with a tragic case of domestic violence between the Earth and its Moon.
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Story and photograph by Ignacio Sanguinetti.Margie Perez is a lovely singer
and also a fantastic songwriter. Her last CD, “Singing for my Supper,” is
soon going to be re-released through a non-profit label dedicated to helping
New Orleans musicians. You can always find her ...
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I believed the 4am infomercial. And only $29.99 for a Life-Coach-In-A-Box
seemed like a steal. Then when they threw in a collection of mystery soul
artist music, I took the bait. Unfortunately, when the cassette tapes(!)
arrived, the coach was Fabio and the music was tha...
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Story by Sharon Armstrong.
New Orleans-born dancer Eliza Alcalá remembers the day she decided to give
up ballet, which she had studied since the age of three, in favor of
Flamenco.
“I have always been dancing,” she said. “But when I was 13, I saw a
woman dancing Flamenco a...
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YOSHI'S: I've been out on the West Coast catching some fantastic music. On
the Jazz side, the highlight has to be Yoshi's in San Francisco on Fillmore.
Charlie Haden (legendary bassist and composer) got together with Ernie Watts
on sax, Alan Broadbent on piano and Rodney ...
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In a dream, the Riddler and Alex Trabek asked for this Saturday night's drunk
drive time shift theme - songs and quotes that ask a question. Oh you big
baby, don't reach for the TV remote and give up on this theme. New Orleans
greats Lloyd Price and Allen Toussaint lead th...
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Story by Sharon Armstrong.
A guitarist, a bassist, a drummer and a mandolin player all walk into a bar
in San Francisco – what do you get? The answer is the distinctly New
Orleans blending of funk, roots music and country that is the Honey Island
Swamp Band.
Stranded in S...
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