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, ...
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.
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, ...
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, ...
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 ...
The members of the band Galactic have been groove-makers in New Orleans and beyond for more than 25 years, embracing R&B, hip hop, jazz, rap, rock, electronica and good ol’ ...
Germaine Bazzle is New Orleans’ pre-eminent modern jazz chanteuse, eeking every emotional drop from the American Popular Songbook. For more than 50 years, she balanced her ...
Musician, singer, songwriter and feminist icon Ani DiFranco joins Gwen Thompkins for an interview and solo performance in front of a rapt New Orleans audience. DiFranco ...
More than six billion people live on the planet, and yet relatively few human voices are recognizable to the naked ear. Irma Thomas has one of those voices. Host Gwen ...