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Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins July 6th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins

New Orleans’ own Basin Street Records is a homegrown record label featuring superstars of the local sound like the Rebirth Brass Band, Davell Crawford, Jason Marsalis and Kermit Ruffins. The label got its start with a live recording of Kermit’s band at the Uptown club Tipitina’s in 1997. Now, over two decades later and several Grammy Awards under its belt, Basin Street Records still holds true to the sounds of New Orleans. We talk with Basin Street founder Mark Samuels about the label’s history. We listen in on the artists who call it home, including Jon Cleary, whose “Quarantini Sessions” streamed live from his Funk Headquarters in the 9th Ward and helped us get through these challenging times. Then, a live concert and conversation with Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers from Esplanade Studios in the Historic Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.

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MUSIC AND HEALING: PART 2

April 6th, 2022

Songs and stories of the healing power of music and its role in improving personal health with gospel singer Cora Harvey Armstrong, Apsaalooke rapper and fancy dancer Supaman, singer-songwriter Jesse Colin Young and Santana‘s reflections on reincarnation. Plus, songs about the temptations of elixirs as fixers of pain and maladies of all kinds from the flu and plain old love sickness.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Get Together The Youngbloods
    The Youngbloods, RCA Victor
  • CLIP: Jesse Colin Young

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  • CLIP: Carlos Santana

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  • The Healer John Lee Hooker and Santana
    Dance Of The Rainbow Serpent, Columbia/Legacy
  • T.B. Blues Josh White
    Free and Equal Blues, Smithsonian Folkways
  • T.B. Blues Jimmie Rodgers
    The Essential Jimmie Rodgers, Sony
  • Instrumental: Cocaine Blues Reverend Gary Davis
    Pure Religion & Bad Company, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Cocaine Blues Dave Van Ronk
    Folk Singer, Prestige
  • Champagne and Reefer Muddy Waters
    King Bee, Blue Sky
  • Guilty Randy Newman
    Good Old Boys, Warner Bros.
  • Dram Shop Gal Carson McHone
    Carousel, Carson McHone Music
  • Instrumental: Sally Goodin' Hank Williams
    Health and Happiness Shows, Mercury
  • Happy Roving Cowboy Hank Williams
    Health and Happiness Shows, Mercury
  • Lovesick Blues Hank Williams
    Health and Happiness Shows, Mercury
  • La Valse de Hadacol Happy, Doc and the Hadacol Boys
  • Hadacol Bounce Professor Longhair
    Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino
  • Memphis Flu Elder Curry And Congregation
    How Can I Keep From Singing: Early American Religious Music and Song Vol. 2, Shanachie
  • Dr. Jazz Jelly Roll Morton
    Jelly Roll Morton: Birth of the Hot, BMG
  • End Bed: TB Sheets Van Morrison
    Mob Life, Uncut

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Sugar Blues Clyde McCoy and his Orchestra
    Sugar Blues 1951, Circle
  • Abi Gezunt Barry Sisters
    The Barry Sisters Sing Traditional Yiddish Songs, Cadence
  • Fever Peggy Lee
    All Aglow Again, Capitol
  • Conjurer Spirit McIntyre
    Mourning To The Moonlight, Self-released
  • Medicine Woman Rob Finley
    Goin' Platinum, Easy Eye
  • SEGMENT: Supaman

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  • Instrumental: Strollin' Champion Jack Dupree
    Blues from the Gutter, Atlantic
  • Junko Partner Dr. John
    Gumbo, Atco
  • Can't Kick the Habit Champion Jack Dupree
    Blues from the Gutter, Atlantic
  • Feelin Good JB Lenoir
    Alabama Blues, L+R Records
  • SEGMENT: Cora Harvey Armstrong

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  • Instrumental: This Train is Bound for Glory Olympia Brass Band, Terrence Blanchard, Donald Harrison
    New Orleans Jazz Preservation, Mardi Gras Records
  • CLIP: Nick Spitzer Healing Account

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  • Goin Down Slow St. Louis Jimmy Oden
    Worried Life Blues, BMG
  • Blues Won't Let Me Take My Rest Henry Gray
    American Routes Recording at the 2016 Baton Rouge Blues Festival,
  • Blue Skies Cassandra Wilson
    Blue Skies, JMT
  • End Bed: Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song) Hugh Masekela
    Still Grazing, Blue Thumb

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