AR Live: Louisiana New Year's Party with Cajun & Zydeco and New Orleans Piano & Song 

Join us for a Louisiana New Year’s Party, complete with Cajun and Creole zydeco tunes to get you up and dancing, and New Orleans piano and song. First stop, live on stage in Lafayette with Beausoleil and Terrance Simien’s Zydeco Experience. Then, back home to New Orleans for a special live set with piano man Tom McDermott and vocalist Meschiya Lake, who bring us favorites from pianists, Jelly Roll Morton, Allen Toussaint and Dr. John, and singers Memphis Minnie, Mahalia Jackson and Patsy Cline.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Parlez Nous à Boire Beausoleil

American Routes Original Recording,

Water, Water Beausoleil

American Routes Original Recording,

99 Year Waltz Beausoleil

American Routes Original Recording,

Instrumental: Zydeco Gris Gris Beausoleil

American Routes Original Recording,

The Mamou Reels Beausoleil

American Routes Original Recording,

Segment: Michael Doucet & Terrance Simien

Dog Hill Terrance Simien’s Zydeco Experience

American Routes Original Recording ,

Instrumental: Blue Runner BeBe and Eraste Carriere

La-La--Louisiana Black French Music, Maison de Soul

Valse de Chére Catin Terrance Simien and Beausoleil

American Routes Original Recording ,

Iko Iko Medley Terrance Simien and Beausoleil

American Routes Original Recording,

Closing Bed: Oh Bye-Bye Delton Broussard and the Lawtell Playboys

La-La--Louisiana Black French Music, Maison de Soul

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Java Tom McDermott

American Routes Original Recording,

SEGMENT: Tom McDermott & Meschiya Lake

The Crave Tom McDermott

American Routes Original Recording,

Me and My Man Meschiya Lake

American Routes Original Recording,

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Meschiya Lake

American Routes Original Recording,

Dorothy Tom McDermott

American Routes Original Recording,

Instrumental: Wade in the Water Hank Jones and Charlie Haden

Steal Away , Verve

Sermonette Tom McDermott

American Routes Original Recording,

I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Songs Meschiya Lake

American Routes Original Recording,

Sixteen Tons Meschiya Lake

American Routes Original Recording,

Georgia Grind Meschiya Lake

American Routes Original Recording,

Never No More Meschiya Lake

American Routes Original Recording,

Instrumental: Tipitina Tom McDermott

American Routes Original Recording,

SEGMENT: Cover of the Rolling Stone

The Cover of the Rolling Stone Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

Pleasure/Pain , EMI

Prodigal Son Rolling Stones

Beggars’ Banquet, ABKCO

Rolling Stone Muddy Waters

Stone Rock Blues: Original Recordings of Songs Covered By the Rolling Stones , UMG

Lost Highway Hank Williams

The Complete Hank Williams , UMG

Happy New Year Lightnin’ Hopkins

The Best of Lightnin’ Hopkins , Time Records

End Bed: Follow Your Heart Joe Farrell Quartet

Joe Farrell Quartet , CTI