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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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FIVE YEARS AFTER THE STORM

August 25th, 2010

It has been five years since Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the Federal levee system in New Orleans, and we speak with local activists, musicians and residents to gauge the progress of recovery in the city and region. Rebirth Brass Band’s Derrick Tabb talks about his after-school program “The Roots of Music;” we visit the Musician’s Village in the 9th Ward to meet drummer Smokey Johnson; then head out into the bayous with blues guitarist Tab Benoit to talk about his work to save the wetlands. Also, conversation with Eric Overmyer and Lolis Eric Elie from HBO’s “Treme,” and commentary from New Orleanian James Carville on the importance of the culture of the city.

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HOUR ONE

  • It Ain't My Fault Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
    New Orleans: Rebuild, Restore, Rejoice, Mardi Gras
  • Goin Back to New Orleans Joe Liggins and the Honey Drippers
    Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty
  • No Place Like Home Soul Rebels feat. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
    No Place Like Home, self-published
  • CLIP: Irma Thomas

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  • Wish Someone Would Care Irma Thomas
    Time Is On My Side - The Best Of Irma Thomas Vol. 1, EMI/ Minit
  • SEGMENT: Smokey Johnson and Helen Gillet at the Musicians' Village

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  • It Ain't My Fault Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz and Trombone Shorty
    Gulf Aid AllStars, Preservation Hall
  • Instrumental: Wade in the Water Little Sonny
    Essential Blues Harmonica, House of Blues
  • SEGMENT: Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes

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  • Didn't It Rain Mahalia Jackson
    The Essential Mahalia Jackson, Sony
  • People in the City Irvin Mayfield with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    American Routes Original Recording,
  • Instrumental: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Tuts Washington
    New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
  • Louisiana 1927 Randy Newman
    Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1, Nonesuch
  • CLIP: James Carville

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  • I Will Return (Je Vas Revenir) Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
    Play the Zydeco , GNP
  • When the Saints Go Marching In Jimmy Smith
    Prayer Meetin' , Blue Note

HOUR two

  • Blue Drag Allen Toussaint
    The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch
  • To The River Smiley Lewis
    Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family
  • Wade in the River Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
    New Orleans: Rebuild, Restore, Rejoice, Mardi Gras
  • CLIP: Dr. John

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  • Walking to New Orleans Dr. John with the New Orleans Social Club
    Sing Me Back Home, Sony BMG
  • Bayou Breeze The Voice of the Wetlands' All-Stars
    VOW: Voice of the Wetlands, Ryko
  • SEGMENT: Tab Benoit

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  • Instrumental: Wade in the Water Ramsey Lewis
    Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest, MCA/ Chess
  • Tou' les jours c'est pas la meme Carol Fran
    Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album, Nonesuch
  • Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album, Nonesuch
  • SEGMENT: Eric Overmyer and Lolis Eric Elie from the HBO series Treme

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  • Instrumental: Light the Way Craig Klein
    New Orleans Trombonists, Rugalator
  • SEGMENT: Derrick Tabb and the Roots of Music

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  • Yes We Can Can Allen Toussaint
    Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album, Nonesuch
  • St. Charles Street Parade Wardell Quezergue
    After the Math: The St. Agnes Sessions, Jazz Foundation of America

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    MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH US! AMERICAN ROUTES INDEPENDENCE DAY THEN & NOW

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  • June 22nd, 2022

    EARL SCRUGGS & TOM RUSH

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