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On this week's show, we meet some folks who have moved on to new adventures in their lives. We begin with Chef Steve Himelfarb and his wife Becky Retz. In the summer of 2020, they closed their beloved bakery, the Cake Café, after 13 years of business. But this isn't the first major life change for them. Long before there was a Cake Café, Steve worked solely as a music engineer and producer – doing Grammy-nominated work with artists like Buckwheat Zydeco and Beausoleil. We hear about his career in music and food and learn about the new Cake Café Cookbook.

Early Music of the Garden is presented by Continuum on this program. Four different aspects of the "early" garden are visited: The Garden of Earthly Delights, Dreams in a Pleasure Garden, A Dance in the Garden of Mirth, and When Birds Do Sing. This wide variety of garden music is performed by four excellent early music ensembles. The periods of music heard range from the 14th century through the 17th century. Recordings used are: The Garden of Earthly Delights (La Nef) - Dorian DIS-80135, Dreams in the Pleasure Garden (Orlando Consort) - Archive 457 618-2, A Dance in the Garden of Mirth (Dufay Collective) - Chandos CHAN 9320, and When Birds do Sing (The Folger Consort) - Bard 1992.

The Newcomb Dance Company and Tulane University's Department of Theatre and Dance are teaming up with New Orleans Airlift for a dance performance of The Body Remembers. New Orleans Airlift's lead creative producer Leah Hennessy joins us by phone.

Mayor Cantrell; Medical Marijuana

On this week’s edition of Le Show Harry looks back at 20 years of America’s Longest War. We’ll hear from Project Afghanway, journalists in Afghanistan, George W. Bush’s phone calls, Mel Gibson’s call log, plus regular segments like The Apologies of the Week, News of the Atom, News of the Olympic Movement, News of the Godly and more.

On this program Continuum presents recordings by two very early "early music ensembles", the New York Pro Musica, under the direction of founder Noah Greenberg, and the New York Renaissance Band, under the direction of founder Sally Logemann.These ensembles present early dance music by Michael Praetorius (c.1571-1621) and Tylman Susato (c.1500-c.1561-4). Heard are excerpts from Praetorius' compositions of dances known as "Terpsichore", named after the Muse of the Dance. Recordings used are: Praetoriius - Susato (New York Pro Musica) Universal EMD 80565 and Praetorius - Excerpts from Terpsichorie (New York Renaissance Band) Arabesque Z6531.

The latest episode of Louisiana Considered is out.

Baby Washington grew up in Harlem and became a noted R&B solo singer for Neptune Records with hits like “The Time” and then “That’s How Heartaches are Made” for Sue Records. But she started her career as a girl group singer, with the Hearts and the Jaynetts. Baby shared with me stories from the road and the stage including a pivotal moment that occurred backstage with the Hearts.

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace co-hosted Friday's show.

It's full on festival time in the state that knows how to fest better than most – except once again, due to pandemic restrictions, there are no fests right now. Though with vaccines widely available, and the recent easing of Covid-19 rules, a future with safe public gatherings suddenly doesn’t seem so implausible. Inspired by WWOZ and local restaurants whipping up everything from cheesy crawfish bread to high-proof strawberry lemonade, on this week's show, we look back at some of our favorite festival experiences as we gaze hopefully into the future.