Chris Rose: A blessed night with the Mardi Gras Indians
"Whose idea was this? Nobody knows. Nobody cares. Nothing makes sense here. And that's probably why I like it. And that was all I could think about when I realized that Wednesday was St. Joseph's Day and that meant the Mardi Gras Indians were going to come out into the streets and I grabbed a jacket and a go-cup and went out to find them."
Kevin O'Day's Official Bio, written by Jay Mazza
"In a town filled with great drummers and renowned across the globe for percussive innovation beginning with the great trad jazz drummer Warren "Baby" Dodds, O'Day stands out as the go-to guy for gigs of any variety. He is regarded among his peers as a drummer's drummer with a passion that never wanes and a sympathetic ear that defines musical telepathy."
"You Know You Want It": Home of the Groove spotlights Chocolate Milk
"If you heard this group without knowing anything about them, you likely would not immediately suspect that Professor Longhair, Smokey Johnson, or Allen Toussaint, to shorten severely a long list of local influencers, were lurking in their collective woodshed, and, in the latter’s case, in the control room. Once I figured that one out, I started to dig them for what they had to offer rather than what my expectations were."
WWOZ wins honorable mention Esky Award for Best Internet Radio
WWOZ.org is listener-supported, volunteer-operated, Katrina-resilient miracle of FM radio that plays funk, jazz, blues, roots, Latin, soul, zydeco, R&B, and everything in between.
Trumpeter to Help New Orleans Libraries
"Mayfield said it's important to look at what has gone right since the storm. For one, at almost any school in the city _ no matter how dilapidated _ the students are playing music, he said. He says music is still in every part of the city, from the clubs, to the streets to the universities, and there's no reason why it shouldn't be part of the city's library system."
See also: Jazz trumpeter leads New Orleans' cultural rebirth
Jambase reviews "Funky Kidz"
"Not since Garcia and Grisman's Not for Kids Only (1993) has there been a kids collection likes this. Funky Kidz is a project that manages to capture a spirit that most children's music is sorely lacking – genuine funk."
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Marva Wright on turning 60 and more
When was the last time you worked on Bourbon Street?
At Storyville the Friday night before Hurricane Katrina.
What a way to end it.
Ain't that something?
Would you go back to Bourbon Street?
Surviving is surviving. But you know what? I love Bourbon Street. If it wasn't for Bourbon Street, I wouldn't be where I'm at now. You meet a lot of people from all over the world. After Katrina, they were good to the musicians of New Orleans, everywhere we went.
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