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Soak up Mardi Gras season while dive-bar hopping, dancing to brass bands and exploring history in the French Quarter.
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Soak up Mardi Gras season while dive-bar hopping, dancing to brass bands and exploring history in the French Quarter.
As we march toward 2023, I thought I would share a few notable releases that struck me as this year comes to a close. You’ll hear many of these songs played on JPR’s Open Air, a program we consider a home for music people -- a place where you can hear the latest indie rock/pop and Americana, plus blues, jazz, world, and folk music.
Guitarist Shane Theriot talks about the making of the late Dr. John’s final album Things Happen That Way.
How did a middle-class white kid break into New Orleans’ feverish 1950s R&B scene and enjoy a wildly eclectic six-decade career? As a new release puts it: things happen that way
We’ll let the good times roll with our annual trip down to New Orleans and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast with the Night Tripper, Fess, Fats, Irma, Big Chief, Buckwheat, the Nevilles, and other favorites in the parade. Who’s got the king cake? Who’ll get the baby IN the king cake?! Tune in Tuesday to find out!