Louisiana music legend Bobby Charles' obit www.vincentfuneralhome.net/obituaries/4... and his debut LP from '73 www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8sZ... His friends/collaborators: Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, James Taylor, Willie Nelson, The Band and Dr. John

If you want to set the party on fire in New Orleans in fall 2025 this is the shit you put on the turntable TUCKA - TURN ME LOOSE www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLx6... Any Barry White, R. Kelly fans on here?

New Orleans has some of the US' best street food. The shrimp fried rice man in 3rd Ward is nearly sold out

I was at this show, then Ronnie Spector came out as the surprise guest.

Anybody want some Cold Gin? www.youtube.com/results?sear... live cut of "Cold Gin" fr. KISS's Reunion Tour in Chicago on Oct. 21, 1996, their first tour with the original lineup since 1979. The show featured the return of Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in full makeup and costumes. Hendrick's anyone?

Hoshoryu's work today brought to mind the timeless pirouettes of Tamiyo Kusakari. Why be Taiho when you can be Tamiyo?

Eddie’s in the 7th Ward served as culinary anchor for New Orleans If you want to stir up a pensioner's barroom in New Orleans bring up Eddies, 5 minutes from my house, it is now an empty lot. veritenews.org/2025/09/24/e...

Advanced barbecue techniques are always at use in New Orleans 9th Ward. 8lb pork shoulder, smoked naked 4 hours, wrapped in pink butcher paper for next 4.

Female Species, "I Won't Be Free After Sunday" Dawna Uyeno Snow, the keyboard player should've been a star. Hell, the whole band should've been stars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8bs...

Mdou Moctar, the king of African guitar, Tipitina's, September 2025

I'm still making the finest kettle of jambalaya in all of New Orleans. A heavy freight of green onions is the secret weapon

Unsung New Orleans. Standing outside Tips listening to the king of west African - Kel Tamasheq - guitar amongst the smokers with the open door AC on hard blast.

Pat Hare, I'm Gonna Murder My Baby (1954) He actually shot and killed his girlfriend in 1963, was convicted of murder, spent many years in prison, and died in 1980 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E26d...

World Of Darkness - David Ruffin - 1969 From his debut solo album, My Whole World Ended. Motown Went number 1 on the R&B chart www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa_H...

10lbs chicken thighs over cured pecan wood. 9th ward, New Orleans. I got barkeeps and baristas I gotta feed.

After work tonite lift a Gibson martini in honor of Mr. Redford. When he first encounters Faye Dunaway and brings her back to her apartment at gunpoint they share Gibsons. It's quite the scene in one of the tersest thrillers ever made. Sydney Pollack was at his peak, lean - emotionally charged.

Miss Dee, the queen of the Treme Hot Plate remains undefeated. Fried chicken, mac and cheese, Swedish meatballs, deviled eggs, brown and serve roll stuffed with ham and cheese.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our freshly consecrated dojo. Aki basho is officially on. The 15 most important days of September begin on Sunday in Tokyo.

Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu of Ethiopia (1972) The father of Ethiopian jazz and a 9th Ward New Orleans mainstay on my turntable. Astatke’s vibraphone playing is central but the Hammond organ should be noted too www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Apw...

Take your fried baloney sandwiches to the next level you Fiero driving savages. Smoke your chubs over cured Hickory for 3 to 4 hours. Serve on sourdough with a heavy drift of your favorite mayonnaise. Grapico soda pop and Grippos potato chips make fine accouterments.

Ace of Cups – Feel Good 1969 bootleg finally released with vintage footage from their era as queens of San Francisco's psychedelic rock scene Juxtaposed with the gals, now grannies, still blistering their old track. Should've been a monster AM radio smash www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KqP...

Komusubi Aonishiki, debuting in sanyaku at Aki 2025, dominated training by taking 9 of 10 bouts from Fujinokawa. He praised his peer’s intensity and feels ready for a likely Day 1 clash with Yokozuna Oonosato. The Ukrainian star rose to sanyaku in record time—just 12 tournaments.

Johnnie Taylor -Wanted One Soul Singer -1967. Stax. Taylor's debut LP. Booker T. & the M.G.’s and the Memphis Horns backing him on this vital slab of Tennessee RnB. Isaac Hayes wrote or co-wrote half the album’s tracks www.youtube.com/watch?v=blyG...

Boubacar Traore, Rec. Oct '91, broadcast by BBC. Mandingo folk rhythms for y'all's Saturday nite. Traore was a lad of 48 during the session, he's 83 now and still going strong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXVa...

“Make Me Yours” Bettye Swann Prod. by Arthur Wright, hit the airwaves in '67 The song went No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. Swann is the pride of Shreveport, b.Oct. 24, 1944 She's the best lady soul singer to ever come out of Louisiana. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR1q...

Diamond Joe, Houma, LA. Began his career as bassist in the house band at Hosea Hill's club, the Sugar Bowl in Thibodaux. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u80a... Was there ever a more passionate soul singer than Diamond Joe? From '32 to '69 the Sugar Bowl was the hottest chitlin' circuit club in Acadiana.

Boubacar Traoré - Adieu Pierrette {1992} Traoré (born 1942 in Kayes, Mali) just finished a European tour at 82 years old. Lonesome African blues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NInf...

When they see me coming they just start dancin'.

Imagine walking into your high school auditorium in San Antonio in the mid 60s and the Dreamliners are about to take the stage. Oh, and they're your classmates.

RL Reeves Jr Recipe: Funky Hot Vietnamese Collard Greens With Fried Green Onions New Orleans has some of the best Vietnamese food this side of Ho Chi Minh City. Some of it comes out my 9th Ward kitchen scrumptiouschef.com/rl-reeves-jr...

Any Industrial Canal nerds on here? www.waterwaysjournal.net/2025/08/29/e... Some folks call it the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. It opened in the 9th Ward in 1923, and was set to be extinct 50 years later. She's still running but there's a plan in motion to modernize her.

Two 8lb pork butts over cured Louisiana pecan. 9th ward, New Orleans

Heartbroken teenage Chicanas in San Antonio, Texas in the 60s thedreamliners.bandcamp.com/album/just-m...

Drum line firing off at the elementary school across the street. 9th ward. Autumn is coming

Hi Roller Stag Bar, Gretna, Louisiana. Another one of my old haunts lost to the sands of time.

Colin Blunstone - Caroline goodbye [original] “Caroline, Goodbye” was inspired by the end of Blunstone’s relationship with actress Caroline Munro (known for The Spy Who Loved Me and Dr. Phibes). www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Pq...

BETTYE SWANN "a missing link between Muscle Shoals and Motown" My favorite of all the otherworldly Black, lady soul singers from Louisiana. She hasn't performed live since 1980 although rumors swirled that Ponderosa Stomp tried over the years. soulfuldelica.blogspot.com/2013/05/bett...

2025 Valley of Silent Men second line in New Orleans

We kicked off the new second line season today. I was daydreaming about Pableaux when the band struck up and Miss Nicole appeared.

Outa-Space - Billy Preston - 1972 Shit's hot, won a Grammy Award in 1973 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance King Errisson on congas www.youtube.com/watch?v=onbi...

Char-grilled oysters on a Friday nite in Treme. Nephew Jones on the HiFi

Neil Young Live at the KQED Studios, San Francisco - February 19, 1970 (audio only) Wish I was there www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU3N... Neil was ramping up a U.S. tour with Crazy Horse, working on After the Gold Rush, and contributing to Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Alabama barbecue legend Clark Rountree died nearly 30 years ago but before he passed I coaxed his white sauce recipe from him. scrumptiouschef.com/a-recipe-for...

Cha Wa - Why You Wanna Do Me Like That www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ps... Cha Wa's bandhouse was a block away a few years ago. They ripped it up while they were trying to get good blasting in their living room

12 YEARS. One book. A lifetime of flavor. Today marks the anniversary Soul Food — the one that started it all. Get your own autographed copy today at adrianemiller.com/shop/ Here’s to the next chapter of stories, history, and good eating. 🥳📚 Cupcakes are from Cake Sugar World in Denver.

Time to make the roasted salsa verde

5 hours of hickory smoke later. Tacos, po boys, enchiladas, northern beans, fideo incoming

Two lil 5lb pork shoulders smoldering over old hickory.

Joe Savage: Bad Luck Is Killing Me (1978) This is that gut bucket lonesome shit you write after spending decades grinding it out skinning mules and serving time at Parchman Farm in Mississippi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdvg...

Austin friends. Thursday August 14th, the Birria Queen is teaming with the Tamale Queen. One night only