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Booker T. Jones was born in Memphis in 1944, a musical prodigy on keyboards at school and in church. Booker T. is famous for instrumentals like “Green Onions,” that he wrote at age 16, and “Hip Hug-Her,” among many. Booker T. also led the M.G.'s, a great integrated studio band at Memphis’ Stax Records with Steve Cropper on guitar, Al Jackson, drums, and Duck Dunn on bass. They would emerge as a soundtrack for the 1960s and ‘70s rock and soul. The band backed artists like Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, and Albert King, but for Booker T. Jones, the music goes back to the world of his youth and his parents.

When a new charter school opens, the school leaders have lots of responsibilities. Hiring the right team. Recruiting students. And, in some cases, finding…

This spring a state committee approved $477 million for coastal protection and restoration. When you throw in federal dollars, and private funding as…

In celebration of the city’s Tricentennial, NolaVie and New Orleans Historical bring you the series Who Did it Better: New Orleans Then and Now. In it, we…

The term NORD is thrown around a lot in conversations about crime and public safety. It is actually NORDC now, which stands for the New Orleans Recreation…

Trumpet player Terence Blanchard’s career has taken him from the Big Easy to the Big Screen. After studying jazz at New Orleans Center for the Creative…

This week we’re exploring the sonic hues of the blues in jazz, R & B, country, Cajun and pop. We crash a blues house party and workshop at the 2018…

New Orleans jazz clarinet queen Doreen Ketchens is beloved by locals and tourists alike. Rain or shine, Doreen’s magnetic performance draws crowds to the…

This is American Routes Live from Marigny Studios with jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison and Quintet. I talked with Donald between songs about his life in…

This week on American Routes Shortcuts, we’re recalling the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. We’ll hear memories of the Civil Rights leader from…