The Wizard On The Waves NOLA

Guests: James and Lily from The Whip Appeal (Courtesy of Full Tilt Records) find out more at www.fulltiltrecords.com

These guys got a horrible review on Offbeat Magazine, and I (for one) really enjoy their album and their music in general. you can find them at www.wherenothingburns.com (They have a record on vinyl!!!) Check them out! (You will really enjoy them if you're an angsty Gen-x/elder millennial like me.) 

A little side note for my listeners.

Great music and Interview with Julie Elody!!!!

Two interviews and a lot of new music today!!!

Charlie is an in-demand trombonist who has several standing gigs with traditional jazz groups in New Orleans. He has been in New Orleans for over ten years where he has become one of the most in demand players on the traditional jazz scene. Twice rated a rising star by Downbeat magazine, he has toured and recorded with Squirrel Nut Zippers and several other bands. But generally, he likes to stay at home and enjoys being a sideman but more and more leads his own band. Yet, he wants to hear more Lionel Belasco, Johnny Gomez, John “Buddy” Williams and Cyril Diaz. Halloran grew up in St Louis in a family full of music numbers with both older brothers in local bands. He was playing with his brothers by the time he was 15 and has never stopped, visiting New Orleans a couple times while getting a music degree in college in St Louis and a master’s degree in music at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Soon as he finished, he gathered all his possessions and moved there to New Orleans. It was summer and the city was slow in re-building the music scene with musicians scattered by Katrina with many touring during the hot and humid New Orleans summers. Within a few days of his arrival, he followed a well-established path of busking at Jackson Square and soon enough was playing on his own or with another musician or two. Soon he was a couple blocks away busking still but with bands that needed a trombone player. It wasn’t long before he was playing trad jazz bands in the French Quarter and on Frenchman Street.

He now is one of the busiest musicians in New Orleans. 

Happy Juneteenth! We have a very special guest this week: Richard Rourke and The Voodoo Collective. Great Interview, great music, this guy's gonna be a hit. Listen close, you will not be disappointed. 102.3 WHIV FM New Orleans.  

It's an awesome Saturday at WHIV!! I'm playing all local bands today and DANA IVES is in the studio!!! You can find them at www.danaives.com.

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I had to take a mental break from all the things going on in the world. So I made a show all about some of the music that my girlfriend and I share between us. Music is one of the things that brought us together, so in order to show her a little extra appreciation, I basically made a "mixtape" and now I'm sharing it with the world. (I couldn't do any of this with out her care and support.) Hope you enjoy.

The first part of this show is a call to action, as a reaction to the aftermath of the shooting in Uvalde. Hour number 2 is an interview with VIVIAN. Really great episode. (Side note: My production value got a little better because I got a new laptop thanks to your support!)