Congratulations to Rayne, LA native and Cajun music pioneer Jo-El Sonnier on his Grammy win in the Best Regional Roots album category for his 2013 release The Legacy. Here he is in the Allons Danser Studios with a 7-song episode of Cajun Storytellers.     Set List: "J'ai E... Read more

Henry Butler with "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" from the Bourbon Street Music Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 19, 2012. This performance features blues guitarist Vasti Jackson as well as bassist Barry Stephenson and drummer Jamison Ross.   Read more

Recorded live outside at Jimbino's Vegan Cafe in the Musician's Village, here's the Smoking Time Jazz Club with "I Lost My Gal From Memphis," from their new album Everything Is Righteous. FYI, Jimbino is a "jack of all trades" a painter, a musician (he often plays clarinet ... Read more

Here's the late, great Louisiana blues queen Marva Wright & Her Soulful Blues Revue with "Heartbreakin' Women", title track from the former school secretary's 1991 release.   Read more

Krewe du Vieux is in the books, and Fat Tuesday is two weeks from tomorrow. So it's time to "Go To The Mardi Gras". This version is by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band recorded last February at a "Do512 Lounge" show in Austin.   Read more

For your weekend viewing pleasure, here's 26 minutes of legendary song stylist Nancy Wilson: a complete 1962 episode of Jazz Scene USA. She's joined by Lou Levy on piano, Al McKibbon on bass, and Kenny Dennis on drums. Jazz Scene USA was hosted by Oscar Brown, Jr. and produ... Read more

KPLU in Seattle describes the Stanton Moore Trio (pianist David Torkanowsky and bassist James Singleton join drummer Stanton Moore) as three guys who "are among the most sought-after musicians in a city brimming with great players." Sounds about right. Here are three songs ... Read more

Tom McDermott & Meschiya Lake, at Lusher Charter School, part of the Positive Vibrations Foundation's Summer Concert Series for 2014, doing Gershwin's "Summertime". For all our friends up in the frozen north this January day.   Read more

With her band the Reclines, here's k.d. lang in a vinatage 1980s appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, doing two songs: "Down To My Last Cigarette" and "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them." These are cuts from the 1988 album Shadowland; produced by Owen Bradley, i... Read more

In this television appearance, Louis Prima, a former student at Warren Easton and Jesuit Highs, rips through a medley of four songs in just three-and-a-half minutes: "When You're Smiling," "C'è La Luna," "Zooma Zooma," and "Oh Marie Awesome." He's performing with Keely Smit... Read more