Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm
Live from the WWOZ Studio
600 Decatur St
Suite 500
New Orleans, LA 70130
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Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes is the leader of Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots and Big Chief of the Northside Skull & Bones Gang. Sunpie is a multi-instrumentalist musician whose repertoire includes accordion, harmonica, rub board, piano, talking drum, and more. The group plays zydeco and blues music ("Afro-Louisiana") and will be appearing at WWOZ in anticipation of their appearance at Cajun Zydeco Fest on Saturday, June 23 (4:15-5:30p).
Sunpie has a passion for preserving traditions, both musically and culturally, and continues to keep them alive and pass them on to young people each year.