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Featuring music and interviews with Spencer Bohren & Tony Green and segments
on La Divina Gelateria and Hands On New Orleans.
Culinary Crossroads: Gelato.
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We're going to try on the second half of the Tuesday Kitchen Sink to do some
of the late Hart McNee's music and some of the music that he liked, and
include parts of a profound interview that filmmaker and grand Marshall Henry
Griffin did with Hart in 2006.
Sometime after ...
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Previews upcoming gigs at d.b.a., a popular music venue on Frenchman Street
in New Orleans. The show also features an interview with one of the club's
co-owners, Tom Thayer.
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New Orleans flautist Hart McNee passed away July 14, 2009, at the age of 66.
A memorial will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, at Sound Café on
Port and Chartres in the Bywater.
T.R. Johnson will honor McNee with a "Hart Party" on today's Jazz from the
Market show f...
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This week's guest on "Yeah, You Right!" is Joe Krown, whose soulful piano and Hammond B-3 organ graced Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's band for over a dozen years. Now he's got an all-star trio, an Organ Combo, and a weekly solo show, plus lots of sideman and festival work. We sl...
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Previews the upcoming Satchmo Summer Festival with performances by and
interviews with Tim Laughlin and Connie Jones. Along the way, producer George
Ingmire meets up with Marci Schramm, executive director of French Quarter
Festivals Incorporated.
Culinary Crossroads: Bratwu...
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Peach Melba made its debut in 1892 at a party thrown by the Duke of Orleans in honor of Australian opera singer Nellie Melba. Since then, the recipe has been modified in dozens of ways. Here's a classy take on this French classic, courtesy of Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans.
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Dear Listener,
As we head into hurricane season, the spectre of a "weather event" clings
like the sticky, humid New Orleans air to the skin. Now's the time to reflect
on storms we have weathered this past year, and to ponderate on what lies in
store.
The post-Katrina sup...
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Whether it's the Buddy Bolden Blues by Jelly Roll Morton or Marie Laveau by
any number of songwriters, New Orleanians have been immortalized through
lyrics. On the New Orleans Music Show, Wednesday - July 8th (11am to 2pm) - I
will be playing songs about the Care-Actors, to...
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Now in its seventh year, Tales of the Cocktail (July 8-12, 2009) celebrates
the art of making delicious drinks with a 5-day series of dinners, cocktail
demonstrations, drink tastings, mixology competitions, seminars, book
signings, tours and other special events. The main e...
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