MARDI GRAS INDIANS
EPISODES OF AMERICAN ROUTES WITH MARDI GRAS INDIANS
FROM THE SHOW: 2011 NEA HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP CONCERT
From the show "2011 NEA Heritage Fellowship Concert" originally aired on November 23rd, 2011
FROM THE SHOW: JAZZ FEST / WILD MAGNOLIAS
A New Orleans institution, Bo Dollis remembers his early involvement in "humbugs" with the Mardi Gras Indians and later his role as Chief of the Wild Magnolias.
FROM THE SHOW: MARDI GRAS
From the show "Mardi Gras" originally aired on March 1st, 2000
DANCE YOUR BLUES AWAY ON MARDI GRAS DAY
We're hitting the streets this week to celebrate - what else? - Mardi Gras! Even though we can't celebrate as we usually do, we can still enjoy the sounds of Carnival seasons in years past. In this archive edition of American Routes, we meet parade float builders, visit the Backstreet Cultural Museum in Treme, discover a skull and bone gang and baby dolls, follow Mardi Gras Indians and learn why flamingos flock to Baton Rouge this time of year.
FAMILY GROOVE: REMEMBERING CHARLES NEVILLE... AND HIS BROTHERS FROM NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans' Neville Brothers--Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril--are famed for their fiery soul and funk, blues and ballads, Caribbean and Crescent City rhythms. Saxophonist Charles Neville recently passed away. He first learned to play music in the family's uptown Valence Street neighborhood, and quickly took to the stage. By 15 Charles was with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and later Bobby Blue Bland, B.B. King and Big Maybelle, among others, touring the Jim Crow South. A drug habit landed the sax player in Louisiana's infamous Angola Penitentiary from 1963 to 1966. It was a reforming and learning experience for him, playing bebop jazz with other inmates and integrating prison bands. In the seventies, Charles and his siblings formed the Wild Tchoupitoulas and then the Neville Brothers, bands that blended the homegrown sounds of New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians and street life with modern soul, funk and jazz. We pay tribute to Charles by revisiting our interviews with him and his brothers over the years, as the Nevilles tell stories of family life and their adventures in and beyond the city where they learned their craft.
DANCE YOUR BLUES AWAY ON MARDI GRAS DAY
We're hitting the streets this week to celebrate - what else? - Mardi Gras! We'll meet parade float builders, visit the Backstreet Cultural Museum in Treme, discover a skull and bone gang and baby dolls, follow Mardi Gras Indians and learn why flamingos flock to Baton Rouge this time of year.
DANCE YOUR BLUES AWAY ON MARDI GRAS DAY
We're hitting the streets this week to celebrate - what else? - Mardi Gras! We'll meet parade float builders, visit the Backstreet Cultural Museum in Treme, discover a skull and bone gang and baby dolls, follow Mardi Gras Indians and learn why flamingos flock to Baton Rouge this time of year.
CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE
The music of Mardi Gras across the Americas, with glances at the history and customs surrounding it, featuring the sounds of New Orleans' famed celebration: brass bands, parades, Mardi Gras Indians, Creole cowboys and more. Music includes Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Ry Cooder, and Beau Jocque.
MARDI GRAS
The music of Carnival across the Americas, with glances at the surrounding history and customs, plus tape from New Orleans' celebration: brass bands, parades, Mardi Gras Indians, Creole cowboys and more.
FROM THE SHOW: MAKING NEW ORLEANS MUSIC
From the show "Making New Orleans Music" originally aired on July 10th, 2019
FROM THE SHOW: MAKING NEW ORLEANS MUSIC
From the show "Making New Orleans Music" originally aired on April 21st, 2010
FROM THE SHOW: MAKING NEW ORLEANS MUSIC
From the show "Making New Orleans Music" originally aired on November 19th, 2008
