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Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke February 24th, 2021 (Hour 1)
Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke

Tune in for a tribute to the man who melded gospel, soul and pop in music and life, Sam Cooke. We’ll follow the singer from Clarksdale to Chicago and from the church to the Copa as he revolutionized gospel music with the Soul Stirrers and then secular music with self-penned hits “You Send Me,” “Change is Gonna Come,” and more. Plus an hour of the musical roots and branches of Sam Cooke.

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IT'S CARNIVAL TIME!

February 7th, 2018

From New Orleans to southern France, Trinidad to Brazil, we celebrate Mardi Gras masquerading and dancing to the beat of Carnival music. We’ll visit with Mardi Gras Indian Chief Monk Boudreaux as he suits up in handmade, feathered regalia and struts through the streets with his gang. Then we travel to southern France for the Carnival parade and music of Nice, and costumed revelry a few hours east in the wine country town of Limoux. Back home in French Louisiana, it’s the Cajun Courir de Mardi Gras where beggar clowns dance for a chicken to put in a communal gumbo feast. Plus calypso, New Orleans brass bands and rhythm & blues classics to keep the krewe mamboing through the end of Fat Tuesday.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Seven-Ay Pocky Way Jason Marsalis
    Music in Motion, Basin Street
  • Go to the Mardi Gras Professor Longhair
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardi Gras
  • Going Back to New Orleans Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers
    Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty
  • Carnival Time Al Johnson
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardi Gras
  • Meet de Boys on de Battle Front The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • New Suit The Wild Magnolias
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardi Gras
  • Instrumental: (Somebody Got) Soul, Soul, Soul The Wild Magnolias
    The Wild Magnolias, Polydor
  • SEGMENT: Monk Boudreaux

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  • Hiko Hiko Donald Harrison
    Indian Blues, Candid
  • Quadrille Figure Six Blinky and the Road Masters
    Crucian Scratch Band Music, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Masquerade George Michael, Fred William, Gustin Louis, Wilkinson Girard
    Musical Traditions of St. Lucia, West Indies, Folkways
  • Mardi Gras Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Carnival in Nice and Limoux, France

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  • End Bed: The Second Line Stop, Inc.
    Ultimate Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Records

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Carnival Time Rebirth Brass
    Ultimate Rebirth Brass Band, Mardi Gras Records
  • Drop Me Off in New Orleans Kermit Ruffins and Irvin Mayfield
    A Beautiful World, Basin Street
  • Mardi Gras Mambo The Hawketts
    The Cosimo Matassa Story, Proper
  • Little Jewel of the Vieux Carre Joe Barry
    New Orleans Popeye Party, Night Train
  • Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing Baby Dodds Trio, feat. Danny Barker
    Jazz A'La Creole, GHB Records
  • Street Parade Earl King
    New Orleans Blues, Tomato
  • Instrumental: La Bamba Trinidad Cement Limited Skiffle Bunch
    Trinidad Carnival: Steelbands of Trinidad & Tobago , Delos International
  • Tuning of a Picong n/a
    Calypso Awakening, Smithsonian Folkways
  • History of Carnival Attila the Hun
    Calypso Carnival 1935-1939, Black Round Records
  • Way Down the Bayou Juan Pardo
    Spirit Food, Big Chief Juan Pardo
  • Iko-Iko Dixie Cups
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans Vol. II, Mardi Gras Records
  • Danse de Mardi Gras Steve Riley
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Rounder
  • Blues de Saoulard The Red Stick Ramblers
    Allons Boire un Coup: A Collection of Cajun and Creole Drinking Songs, Valcour
  • Instrumental: Indian Blues Donald Harrison
    Indian Blue, Candid
  • Jockomo Sugar Boy Crawford
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans Vol. II, Mardi Gras Records
  • New Indian Blues Brother Tyrone and the Mindbenders
    Mindbender, Brother Tyrone/Everette Eglin
  • Out in the Street Galactic (feat. Ivan and Cyrille Neville)
    Carnivale Electricos , Anti-
  • Wade in the River Olympia Brass
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans Vol. II, Mardi Gras Records
  • Walk Through the Streets of the City Joe Lastie and the Lastie Family Gospel
    Joe Lastie and the Lastie Family Gospel, Preservation Hall
  • Closing Bed: Walking Home Donald Harrison and Dr. John
    Indian Blues, Candid

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    MR. SOUL: A TRIBUTE TO SAM COOKE

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    GIMME MORE HOPE: RESILIENCE AND IMPROVISATION IN MUSIC, FOOD & DRINK

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  • February 10th, 2021

    DANCE YOUR BLUES AWAY ON MARDI GRAS DAY

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