It's Carnival Time! UpFront Soul takes you to the streets as the Mardi Gras parade rolls by. We'll bring you big noise from brass bands and watch the Mardi Gras Indians march. Get out your beads, cut yourself a slice of king cake, and join the parade!
UpFront Soul #2026.04 Playlist
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Al Johnson "Carnival Time" from "Carnival Time! The Best of Ric Records" on Rounder Professor Longhair "Big Chief" from "Crawfish Fiesta" on Alligator Hot 8 Brass Band "Steaming Blues" from "The Life and Time Of..." Big Chief Monk Boudreaux "In the Morning (Jockomo)" from "Mr. Stranger Man" Bo Dollis "White Eagles Indian Practice" from "30 Years.. And Still Wild!" Treme Brass & Indian Band "Indian Red" from "Best of New Orleans (Mardi Gras Indians)" The Meters "Sophisticated Cissy" from "Hits That Rocked The World - All Star Hitmakers (Digitally Remastered)" Hundred & One Runners "Let's Go Get 'Em" from "Best of New Orleans (Mardi Gras Indians)" Treme Brass & Indian Band "Golden Crown" from "Best of New Orleans (Mardi Gras Indians)" Rebirth Brass Band "Carnival Time" from "New Orleans Second Line Mardi Gras Party" Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias "Handa Wanda (Cresent City Records Session 1970)" from "30 Years.. And Still Wild!" Olympia Brass Band "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" from "New Orleans Second Line Mardi Gras Party" Hour 2 New Birth Brass Band "I'll Fly Away" from "New Orleans Second Line" Professor Longhair "Mardi Gras In New Orleans" from "Big Easy Strut: The Essential Professor Longhair" on Fuel 2000 Soul Rebels Brass Band "Living for the City" from "Nothing But Love" on Mardi Gras Records Cha Wa "Ooh Na Nay" from "Funk 'N' Feathers" Kermit Ruffins "Jock-A-Mo (Iko Iko)" from "#i'msoneworleans" on Basin Street Hustlers Brass Band "Second Line" from "Ultimate New Orleans Brass Second Line Funk!" Magnificent Sevenths "We Danced at the Mardi Gras" from "Super Mardi Gras" Big Chief Monk Boudreaux "Hold 'Em Joe" from "Mr. Stranger Man" Algiers Brass Band "Lord, Lord, Lord" from "Best of the Brass Bands" Coolbone Brass Band "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" from "The Coolbone Swing Troop" Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias "Mardi Gras Make Ho Na Nae" from "30 Years.. And Still Wild!" Mahogany Brass Band "Blackbird Special" from "Mahogany Brass Band" Bob James "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" from "Rhodes Scholar: Jazz-Funk Classics 1974 - 1982"
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