Talking Threadheads

Nicole, Chris, Swag, Jordan and Russ get back together to discuss the acts you need to see on the second weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

We're back!!!! Nicole and Chris have a roundtable discussion with Swag, Russ and Jordan on all things Cubes for the first weekend of the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Get your pens and Cubes ready!

Our 2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Wrap-Up is here! Part 2 covers the second weekend, with input by Nicole, Jordan, Swag, Marc and Russ. What did they love? What did they miss? What did they wish you would have heard? Tune in!

Our 2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Wrap-Up is here! Part 1 covers the first weekend, with input by Nicole, Jordan, Swag, Marc and Russ. What did they love? What did they miss? What did they wish you would have heard?

Michael Murphy and Cilista Eberle of Michael Murphy Productions join the Talking Threadheads podcast in Season 3, Episode 2. Cilista and Michael talk about their decades-long history of shooting live performances at Jazz Fest, and also discuss three of their New Orleans documentaries: Make it Funky (2005), Up from the Streets: New Orleans---The City of Music (2019) and the very recently released "Irma, My Life in Music". Their special memories of documenting the rich history of New Orleans music make this episode all the more rich.

Fore more information about their production company, please see https://www.mmptv.com/ Also mentioned on this show: https://call4freedom.com/

Season 3 of Talking Threadheads is here! Martin Shore, director of the new documentary film "Take Me To The River - New Orleans" joins the podcast in our first episode. Martin talks about his musical background, his history with New Orleans music, and the making of the film (and its challenges). More information about this film can be found at https://takemetotheriver.org/ Check your local listings!

A bonus episode for Season 2...the Threadhead Cultural Foundation announces the winners of the top prizes in the annual raffle!

The non-profit Threadhead Cultural Foundation 501(c)(3) promotes the cultural heritage of New Orleans through grants and assistance to musicians, artists, and others involved in endeavors relating to music and other artistic expressions whose work is in the tradition of preserving, promoting and disseminating the cultural heritage of New Orleans and the surrounding area of Louisiana. The Foundation raises funds through memberships, fundraising events and donations. Funds raised are granted to artists and artistic projects through an application process usually conducted in the Fall of each year… quite simply, the more they raise, the more artists and projects they can assist.

Season 2, Episode 17: Our last scheduled episode of Season 2! Rachel Lyons, the Chief Archivist of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, joins the Talking Threadheads podcast. The Archive’s collections include over 50 years of historic materials from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — including the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage and African, Folk and Food Heritage stages. These sessions provide valuable information about Louisiana’s culture and its impact on the world. The Archive also houses collections of photos, posters, film footage, audio recordings, signs, business records and other artifacts from events dating to the beginning of the Foundation in 1970.

Links discussed in this podcast:

https://www.jazzandheritage.org/the-archive/

https://jfdb.jazzandheritage.org/

https://folkways.si.edu/jazzfest

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_eb6af96e-a824-11eb-a3b8-3b240c817cf6.html

https://youtu.be/IObrxC6iYgE

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/arts/music/irma-thomas-pbs.html

Season 2, Episode 16: Nicole and Chris talk with Jazzfest photographer Jim Brock. Jim talks about his favorite Jazzfest acts (photographing them and as just a fan); how he became a Jazzfest photographer, and a typical day at the Fairgrounds. Jim also talks about his featured role in the documentary "A Year in the Pit" (https://vimeo.com/692566892), his recommendations for this year's Jazzfest, and his favorite foods at the Fairground. Jim's work can be found at https://jimbrockphoto.com/. he YouTube version of this episode (so people can see some of Jim's work as he discusses it) can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ_zTWdyqEs

Season 2, Episode 15: Scott Billington is a Grammy® winning producer, musician, writer, and record executive who has worked with many of the greatest artists in American roots music. And he's also the author of a brand new book "Making Tracks: A Record Producer’s Southern Roots Music Journey". Scott talks with Nicole and Chris about his vast experience in the music industry, his fondest memories about some of his favorite recording artists, and what readers can expect from his new book about his life in the music business.