We'll celebrate Carnival with two hours of New Orleans music! You'll hear the latest from the Rebirth Brass Band and Kermit Ruffins, plus Carnival classics from Bo Dollis, Professor Longhair, and The Meters.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2016.05 Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Wild Magnolias "New Suit" from "They Call Us Wild" Big Al Carson "All In a Mardi Gras Day" from "Ultimate Mardi Gras" The Baby Dodds Trio "My Indian Red" from "Jazz A'La Creole" Wild Tchoupitoulas "Meet De Boys on De Battlefront" from "Wild Tchoupitoulas" Rebirth Brass Band "Your Mama Don't Dance" from "Move Your Body" on Basin Street Records Bo Dollis "Big Chief" from "I'm Back at Carnival Time" Professor Longhair "Her Mind Is Gone" from "Way Down In New Orleans" The Meters "Funky Miracle" from "Look-Ka-Py-Py" on Rounder Shirley & Lee "Let the Good Times Roll" from "70 Ounces of Gold" Bo Dollis "Coconut Milk" from "I'm Back at Carnival Time" Treme Brass Band "Cabaret" from "New Orleans Music!" on Mardi Gras Records Eddie Bo "Hey Bo" from "Rumba Blues 1953-1957, The Mambo Years" Hundred & One Runners "Old Black Johnny" from "Mardi Gras Indian Funk" The Dirty Dozen Brass band "Charlie Dozen" from "Open Up Whatcha Gonna Do For The Rest Of Your Life?" Hour 2 Rebirth Brass Band "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" from "Rollin'" on Rounder Monk Boudreaux "Sew, Sew, Sew" from "Mr. Stranger Man" on Shanachie Bonerama "The Wizard" from "Live From New York" on Bonerama Wardell and The Sultans "I'm Broke" from "I'm Broke" on Imperial Kermit Ruffins "Put Your Right Foot Forward" from "#i'msoneworleans" on Basin Street The Flaming Arrows "Hell Out The Way" from "Best of New Orleans (Mardi Gras Indians)" The Flaming Arrows "Shallow Water" from "Here Come The Indians Now" Monk Boudreaux "Katie Mae" from "Mr. Stranger Man" on Shanachie The Magnificent Sevenths "Joyous Send Off: Feels So Good" from "Authentic New Orleans Jazz Funeral" Idris Muhammad "Hey Pocky A-Way" from "The Soul Jazz Legacy - CTI: The Master Collection Volume 2" Bob James "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" from "Rhodes Scholar: Jazz-Funk Classics 1974 - 1982"