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“A red second hand guitar with a bunch of knobs and switches, plugged into
a Sears & Roebuck amplifier, an ass pocket of Jack Daniels and a box of fried
chicken, riding towards a cabin set deep in the Mississippi backwood…**
Chulahoma trrance blues lives on in the drone and...
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Ceasar Elloie will be dropping in Thursday @ 10:00a.m. to talk about his show
that night @ Harrah's in the Masquerade Room. There are 2 shows, 6 & 7:45.
Ceasar has a new CD called " New Orleans to Paris ", featuring a host of
musical luminaries. Be sure to tune in !!
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Thanks to everyone who showed up to support the good people of Grand Isle at
the First Annual Island Aid Music Festival held on Saturday July 24, 2010.
Come on down next year and pass a good time with us!
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Trout did a fine job with "Crossroad" this week, I had a chance to listen
while in Cherokee to do a little gem mining.
Libby and I are at our "summer / retirement" home in North Carolina for the
week. As I said we went to Cherokee and found a lovely garnet (2 caret) that
L...
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The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic has provided medical care to this city's musicians since 1998. Facing a 90% cut in funding, the Clinic now needs your help. Find out about local fundraiser events aimed at keeping the Clinic's doors open, and watch a video plea from several of...
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In the twilight mist, and the waning light of the stormy swamps of my
twisted mind there is a place where I can always hear the sound of Brother
Dege’s gothic blues.
On his new album “Folk Songs of the American Longhair” angels of death
fly over the city as the ominously t...
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We start today's show by doing the "Dap Walk" with funk pioneer Ernie
Vincent. Then we stop in for brunch at Bywater BBQ, and later, we shake it up
with Brother Tyrone and the Mindbenders. At the end, we'll wind down with a
nightcap at Chickie Wah Wah, a music club on Canal...
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On this week's show, cornetist Connie Jones, clarinetist Tim Laughlin, and
the Treme Brass Band warm up your ears for the Satchmo SummerFest, a festival
celebrating the life of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, taking place in early
August.
Culinary Crossroads: Red Bean Alley
Ev...
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For over a year, the film team of Patrik Soergel, Ryan Fenson-Hood, and Sven O. Hill worked in Ascona, Switzerland, New Orleans, and Stresa, Italy, documenting post-Katrina life. They focused on Lillian Boutte, Dr. Michael White, & Armand “Sheik” Richardson, all New Orleans na...
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There is something so incredibly earthy and moving about Drew Landry and his
songs. I have been trying to get him to come into the studio, and play and
talk on the Blues Breakdown for some time now.
His songs about the life and people of the woods and marshlands of South
...
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