Four one hour programs which present samples of live performances including: New Orleans contemporary jazz, rhythm and blues, zydeco, gospel, brass bands, Cajun and Afro-Caribbean music.Includes short features on the unique cultures of New Orleans, suchas music, food, customs, dialects and traditions.
r.1. Right Place / Dr. John ; Blues Lady / Marva Wright ; A Feature on Boudin / Tandaleya Wiler ; Check Out the Zydeco / DJ Chenier ; Charlie D / Dirty Dozen Brass Band ; Can't Put You Down / Deacon John ; Africa, Asked for you, Look ka Py Py / The Meters ; A Feature on Gospel / Askiah Muhammud ; Go Where I Send Thee / Fairfiled Four ; Straight Ahead / Victor Goines ; Feature on Mardi Gras Indians ; God Can / Avondale Community Choir (59 min.) -- r.2.New Orleans is a surreal city / essay by Tom Dent ; Sidewalk Blues/ Dirty Dozen Brass Band ; Dust My Broom / Deacon John ; Down The Mississippi, Sea Cruise / Dixie Cups ; I Had Forgotten / poem by Mona Lisa Saloy ; It's Raining, Anything / Irma Thomas and the Professionals ; Masking / essay by Andrei Cordescu ; Pockey Way / The Meters ; Feet Can't Fail Me Now / Dirty Dozen Brass Band ; Day I Was Born / Marva Wright ; A Feature on Gris / Tandaleya Wilder ; Golden Splinters / Dr. John ; Feature on Creole cooking / Askiah Muhammud ; Going Home, Oh Bye Bye / CJ Chenier -- r.3. Have My Husband, Hip Shakmin' Mama, Ruler of My Hear, Break Away / Irma Thomas medley ; All Over Now / Dirty Dozen Brass Band ; Feature on food at the festival / Tandaleya Wilder ; Fiyo on the Biyo / The Meters ; Essay on Creole patois / Quo Vadis Gex ; Closer Walk, Mardi Gras, Not Be Moved / Dr. John medley ; I've Been Going / Fairfield Four ; Easter Sunday Morning / poem by Tom Dent ; Every Day I've Got The Blues / Germaine Bazzle ; Feature on the zydeco washboard / Bill Zeeble ; She's My Woman / CJ Chenier ; Feature on seafood / Tanaleya Wilder ; He Lives Within My Heart / Avondale Community Choir -- r.4. My Dog Don't Bark / Dr. John ; Feature of Omar the pie man / Tandaleya Wilder ; Freakish / Dirty Dozen Brass Band ; Stop and Go / Victor Goines ; Feature on St. Roch's market/ Askia Muhammud ; Before I Met You / Marva Wright ; People Say /The Meters ; Dig a Little Deeper / Fairfield Four ; Feature on Creole stuffed bread ; I Got My Eyes on You / CJ Chenier ; Big Chief / Dr. John (59 min.).