gwen thompkins
- Username: gwen_thompkins
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- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from gwen thompkins
Jason Berry: Sleuth
(52:00)
From: Music Inside Out
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Jason Berry joins Gwen with fascinating stories and characters populating New Orleans’ cultural and musical history.
The Look of Music: Of Beatle Boots, High Heels, and Blue Tuxedos
(52:00)
From: Music Inside Out
As live music venues open up, Gwen talks to New Orleans performers about the look of music in their shows -- and their earliest concert memories.
Professor Longhair's Legacy
(51:58)
From: Music Inside Out
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the streets of New Orleans, ...
Reggie Scanlan: Bass Lion
(51:58)
From: Music Inside Out
Gwen meets up with bassist Reggie Scanlan, a founding member and 33-year veteran of the Radiators, and who still keeps the groove going on stages in his hometown of New Orleans.
Music in the Time of Covid
(51:58)
From: Music Inside Out
The Covid pandemic of 2020 challenged musicians, artists and performers like nothing before, ever -- and they adapted, in all different ways. "Music Inside Out" adapted, too, ...
Quiana Lynell: Learning the Language of Jazz
(52:01)
From: Music Inside Out
Singer Quiana Lynell’s path to accomplished jazz bandleader and vocalist has winded through years of church choir in Texas, classical training at LSU, and club nights ...
Ann Savoy: The Américaine
(52:00)
From: Music Inside Out
Ann Savoy is a lot of things: a musician, scholar, mother, and world traveler. She took the scenic route from Virginia to South Louisiana in the mid-1970s, and married Cajun ...
Wendell Brunious: Follow the Leader
(52:02)
From: Music Inside Out
Trumpeter Wendell Brunious hails from one of New Orleans’ storied musical families -- with more than a half-dozen trumpet-playing siblings, and father John "Picket" Brunious, ...
Spencer Bohren: A Traveling Life
(51:59)
From: Music Inside Out
Singer-songwriter Spencer Bohren (1950-2019) was raised in Casper, Wyoming, and made his home in New Orleans. In between, for seven straight years, he was a traveling ...
