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Five Questions With Nathan Williams Of Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas
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Five Questions With Nathan Williams Of Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas

Five Questions With Nathan Williams Of Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas

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June 2018
Five Questions With Meschiya Lake On Her Move To Cork, Ireland
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Five Questions With Meschiya Lake On Her Move To Cork, Ireland

Five Questions With Meschiya Lake On Her Move To Cork, Ireland

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June 2018
D.L. Menard (1932 – 2017)
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D.L. Menard (1932 – 2017)

D.L. Menard (1932 – 2017)

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September 2017
Gold Standard
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Gold Standard

Saffron NOLA brings upscale Indian cuisine to Magazine Street.

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September 2017
A View From Lubbock
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A View From Lubbock

The poetic songwriting of alt-country pioneer Joe Ely.

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7 mins  |
September 2017
Derek Trucks talks back
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Derek Trucks talks back

Derek Trucks talks back

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10 mins  |
September 2017
The Little Drummer Boy Grows Up?
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The Little Drummer Boy Grows Up?

Cowboy Mouth’s Fred LeBlanc celebrates being alive.

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December 2016
Send Him A Friend
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Send Him A Friend

Anders Osborne’s road to sobriety.

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9 mins  |
December 2016
Lyrical Longevity
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Lyrical Longevity

Partners-N-Crime: 25 years of bouncing beyond expectations.

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April 2018
Not A Reunion, A Revival
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Not A Reunion, A Revival

Squirrel Nut Zippers’ love letter to New Orleans.

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April 2018
Taking Care Of New Orleans R&B
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Taking Care Of New Orleans R&B

Al “Lil’ Fats” Jackson pays tribute to Fats Domino.

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April 2018
From Underdog To Lone Wolf At Large
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From Underdog To Lone Wolf At Large

Alfred Banks at the forefront.

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April 2018
The Beat Goes On
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The Beat Goes On

Louie Fontaine brings his music and his machine to the former Handsome Willy’s.

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Jazz Fest Bible 2018
With Bells On
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With Bells On

Meschiya Lake remembers Sweet Emma Barrett.

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Jazz Fest Bible 2018
Jazz Foundations
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Jazz Foundations

Don Vappie brings to life the music of early New Orleans jazz pioneer Joe “King” Oliver.

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Jazz Fest Bible 2018
Calas Tout Chaud!
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Calas Tout Chaud!

Loretta Harrison of Loretta’s Authentic Pralines brings back rice calas at Jazz Fest.

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Jazz Fest Bible 2018
Papa Grows Funk history explored
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Papa Grows Funk history explored

Do U Want It? 

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December 2017
Five Questions With Singer-Songwriter Jake Bugg
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Five Questions With Singer-Songwriter Jake Bugg

In early 2012, then eighteen-year-old Jake Bugg released his first United Kingdom hit, the folky, buoyant “Lightning Bolt.”

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December 2017
Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Seasonal Affective Disorder

A Louisiana Christmas with Loose Cattle

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4 mins  |
December 2017
Sam Perez/Piscobar
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Sam Perez/Piscobar

(at the Catahoula Hotel)

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December 2017
George Clinton Talks Back
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George Clinton Talks Back

From doo-wop to the P-Funk Mothership, George Clinton has led his funky voyage through the musical universe and beyond.

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7 mins  |
December 2017
Charles Neville 1938-2018
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Charles Neville 1938-2018

Saxophonist Charles Neville—forever known to fans as “Charlie, the horn man”—was the secret ingredient in the Neville Brothers’ mix, the brother whose jazz instincts took them to another level. Neville, who died last month of pancreatic cancer at age 79, was also a link to the fabled days of the Dew Drop Inn, where he began performing in the ’50s.

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May 2018
Traversing The Map
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Traversing The Map

The Soul Rebels trombonist Corey “Passport P” Peyton raps with global ambition.

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4 mins  |
May 2018
300 Songs For 300 Years
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300 Songs For 300 Years

Keyboardists

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May 2018
Tony Hall Talks Back
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Tony Hall Talks Back

Bassist, guitarist, drummer, singer and songwriter Tony Hall’s myriad accomplishments include co-founding Dumpstaphunk. The deep-grooving funk-jazz-soul quintet came together in 2003 for an Ivan Neville appearance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

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May 2018
Margot Denman/N7
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Margot Denman/N7

“I made a cocktail for Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington because when I first moved to New Orleans I got a job at Boucherie uptown and one of my regulars was Hank Staples of the Maple Leaf—such a sweet man. He’d come to the bar and have dinner and write his name on a paper napkin and we’d call them ‘hankies’ [laughs].

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May 2018
William Evans/Maypop
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William Evans/Maypop

William Evans/Maypop

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November 2017
Tour Of The Americas
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Tour Of The Americas

The Rolling Stones launch in Baton Rouge

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7 mins  |
November 2017
Changing Of The Guard
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Changing Of The Guard

Adonis Rose takes over the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

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4 mins  |
November 2017
Tipitina's Celebrates 40 Years
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Tipitina's Celebrates 40 Years

"Every time we played there it was like church."

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November 2017