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Sync Up Redux

Tue, 06/11/13
Authored by David Stafford
The sixth annual Sync Up Conference (a forum for entertainment industry leaders that covers music, film and digital media) took place during Jazz Fest at NOMA. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has made the entire conference available on its YouTube Channel. Sync Up, ... Read more

Music Repression

Mon, 06/10/13
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
Music You "Choose" to Hear (In Numbers) Music's migration from mechanical media (vinyl and tape) to electronic media such as (insert fifty-page list here), allows us to more accurately count the enormous number of music offerings available versus the dinky number that we ac... Read more

On the Banks of the Minnissippi: the Little Big Easy

Mon, 06/10/13
Authored by David Stafford
These two short videos are just for fun of it (Happy Monday!). They show (seemingly) miniaturized versions of New Orleans and the Mississippi River. The illusion is created by a special effects technique called tilt-shift photography (the details are kind of technical and i... Read more

Archived Show Link

Sun, 06/09/13
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
I know.  Saturday night is for listening to live music, not the radio.  And for you stay-at-home types, the midnight to 3am radio shift is a time of pillow-drooling, deep REM sleep.  Here is a link to where you can stream my archived shows at a more convenient time: http://... Read more

Sweet Video: Clint Maedgen's Empty Dumpster Improvisation

Sat, 06/08/13
Authored by David Stafford
Clint Maedgen (of the New Orleans Bingo! Show and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band) explores the precussive possibilities of an empty dumpster somewhere in Arkansas. Shot in 2011 and 1 minute and 36 seconds long, it's very cool and definitely worth a look.     For a selecti... Read more

Eulipion Lounge Returns

Sat, 06/08/13
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
On tonight's show from the Eulipion Lounge, three hours of 1950s - 70s R&B "music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of" from New Orleans only pop-up music club with the unique "Theater of Your Mind" stages.  Tonight's bill features Johnny Adams, Jack Dupree... Read more

In Case You Missed It: Panel Discussion on the Arts and Gentrification in N.O.

Fri, 06/07/13
Authored by David Stafford
On June 6, 2013, Hillel at Tulane University hosted a panel discussion: Does Progress Destroy Culture?, which tackled questions regarding how gentrification and urban and economic development impacts New Orleans culture. Click through to watch a UStream recording of the panel'... Read more

Happy 4th Anniversary: Crescent City Moon

Tue, 06/04/13
Authored by George Ingmire
This week’s program is Part 3 of a three part series, celebrating four years of “New Orleans All the Way Live”. This week we hear from the musicians who make New Orleans their home.  Bruce Daigrepont shows us the guts of an accordion. Walter “Wolfman” Washington talks about... Read more

Panel Discussion on Gentrification: "Does Progress Destroy Culture?

Mon, 06/03/13
Authored by David Stafford
This Thursday, June 6, Hillel at Tulane University is hosting a panel discussion entitled "Does Progress Destroy Culture?", which will tackle questions regarding how gentrification and urban and economic development impacts New Orleans culture.  For all the event details, g... Read more

Jazz Genius Mulgrew Miller Passes

Fri, 05/31/13
Authored by Jelly Roll Justice
We just received word from Jason Patterson that the wonderful soul of jazz giant Mulgrew Miller passed on May 29th.   He kindly came on air at Jazz from the French Market and spoke with us this April before his show at Snug Harbor.  Jason remembers: Mulgrew had just done a s... Read more

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