Tag Archives: Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins & Irvin Mayfield team up for A Beautiful World
Today’s show features the new Basin Street release by Kermit Ruffins and Irvin Mayfield. Just the tonic you were looking for after the late summer rains. Ruffins and Mayfield have a lot in common. Same town, same label, same instrument. … Continue reading
Three years of Gumbo YaYa
Hello. Today’s show marked three full years of airing a show about New Orleans music in a town over 2200 miles away from the Crescent City. My thanks to community radio station KAOS and its listeners and supporters for letting … Continue reading
A bag full of New Orleans music videos for the holidays
Are you ready to get in the holiday spirit New Orleans style? Here’s the edited radio archived show inspired by the season. I’ve pulled together another collection of videos of NOLA musicians celebrating the season. Starting with Shamarr Allen and … Continue reading
Your 2015 New Orleans Music Buying Guide – Part 2
So many great releases this year, I had to break it up into two parts. As you will see, there is no order or reason to who is Part 1 versus Part 2. This is not a comprehensive list of … Continue reading
HBO’s Treme is an excellent introduction to New Orleans music
Occasionally, when someone learns about my New Orleans music show, they’ll ask me: “Have you seen. . . And I know where they are going. Yes! I have watched all 36 episodes of HBO’s Treme — some of them more than once … Continue reading
Holiday videos set the festive mood
This is the first “festive” season for Sweeney’s Gumbo YaYa so our collection of holiday music from New Orleans that I can play on the show is a bit limited. But the Internet is a vast resource of holiday cheer. … Continue reading
Larger than Life K-Doe is patron saint of this blog
Meet Ernie K-Doe, a New Orleans performer and a character in a city of characters. He is now officially designated: Patron Saint of this Blog. I have no idea what the criterion is to be a blog’s patron saint or … Continue reading
