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Royce Osborn (1958 - 2017)
“This is the story of New Orleans’ black Mardi Gras,” says filmmaker Royce Osborn at the beginning of his award-winning 2003 documentary, All on a Mardi Gras Day.
2 min |
October 2017
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A Pop Masterpiece
For Evie Sands, making music is like breathing.
5 min |
October 2017
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Celebratory Music
Mario Abney reaches on a human and intellectual level
4 min |
October 2017
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They Sashay By...
From Bourbon Street to Esplanade—LeRoux is back.
4 min |
October 2017
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A Musical Menagerie
Jimmy Horn spins tales of King James & the Special Men.
10+ min |
October 2017
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Papa Grows Funk history explored
Do U Want It?
2 min |
December 2017
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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.”
2 min |
December 2017
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Seasonal Affective Disorder
A Louisiana Christmas with Loose Cattle
4 min |
December 2017
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Sam Perez/Piscobar
(at the Catahoula Hotel)
2 min |
December 2017
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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.
7 min |
December 2017
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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.
3 min |
May 2018
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Traversing The Map
The Soul Rebels trombonist Corey “Passport P” Peyton raps with global ambition.
4 min |
May 2018
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300 Songs For 300 Years
Keyboardists
7 min |
May 2018
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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.
8 min |
May 2018
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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].
2 min |
May 2018
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William Evans/Maypop
William Evans/Maypop
2 min |
November 2017
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Tour Of The Americas
The Rolling Stones launch in Baton Rouge
7 min |
November 2017
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Changing Of The Guard
Adonis Rose takes over the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.
4 min |
November 2017
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Tipitina's Celebrates 40 Years
"Every time we played there it was like church."
4 min |
November 2017
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Music Store Revival
Floyd’s Record Shop Is Back
2 min |
November 2017
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No Monkeying Around
The Radiators celebrate their 40th anniversary with a new album.
9 min |
February 2018
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Terence Blanchard Talks Back
Terence Blanchard Talks Back
9 min |
March 2018
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Fire In The Hole
The spirit work of Fi Yi Yi & the Mandingo Warriors.
5 min |
March 2018
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D.L. Menard (1932 – 2017)
D.L. Menard (1932 – 2017)
4 min |
September 2017
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Gold Standard
Saffron NOLA brings upscale Indian cuisine to Magazine Street.
4 min |
September 2017
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A View From Lubbock
The poetic songwriting of alt-country pioneer Joe Ely.
7 min |
September 2017
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Derek Trucks talks back
Derek Trucks talks back
10 min |
September 2017
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The Little Drummer Boy Grows Up?
Cowboy Mouth’s Fred LeBlanc celebrates being alive.
10+ min |
December 2016
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Send Him A Friend
Anders Osborne’s road to sobriety.
9 min |
December 2016
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Lyrical Longevity
Partners-N-Crime: 25 years of bouncing beyond expectations.
5 min |