Inviting all fun people in New Orleans to join a new marching krewe, which will debut as part of the KreweDelusion parade on Saturday, February 15, 2014 rolling right after Krewe du Vieux. It's the Krewe of King James: the Super Bad Sex Machine Strollers, and if you love So... Read more

Esperanza Spalding (appearing in New Orleans on February 6 with the Spring Quartet in a sold-out Jazz Journey concert to be live broadcast on WWOZ) sounds terrific in this undated live performance on NRK1, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's main television channel.   Read more

Rebirth Brass Band kills it with this Carnival staple, "Big Chief", filmed in 2011 at the Maple Leaf using 5 cameras by Come See About Me Productions, who've worked on a Brass Roots documentary.   Read more

I was thinking about Pete Seeger and what he and his music meant to many.   It was not just the folk songs, it was the role and responsibility of the musician that Seeger exemplified.     To Seeger, Politics and Music were never separate... Read more

The Meters do "Look Ka Py Py" and "Jungle Man" in this 1974 edition of Soundstage, a PBS live concert series produced in Chicago from 1974-1985 and revived in 2003. The band is completely funk-tastic, and the introduction by Dr. John (who, along with Professor Longhair, app... Read more

Saying "snow" (the "s-word) in New Orleans causes unadulterated panic.  The main routes out of town are closed, there was a run on grocery stores and businesses, government and airlines shut down.  No, it's worse than what you think.  Get this - there was a run on buying ic... Read more

Here's Marcia Ball, the queen of boogie-woogie piano (and a Piano Night regular), in a beautifully produced video, about a half hour long, and including performance and interview segments; in the latter, she talks about her music, Irma Thomas, New Orleans, and the wetlands,... Read more

Valerie the Problem Child and Yegor Romantsov talk about Debauche's upcoming album and Yegor as a performer.  Valerie denies Debauche airplay because it's the Blues show and she hasn't listened to their material before. Get ready to laugh, this one's funny! Read more