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Our guest Jonathan Ward is an expert on finding music on antique records. His collection, Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music includes one hundred 78 RPM recordings and stories from around the world, almost all of which have never been heard since they were first produced. The collection features music from six continents and eighty-nine different countries and regions, recorded between 1907-1967. It was nominated for the Best Historical Album Grammy Award in 2022. I asked Jonathan what drew him to the mostly shellac era of 78 RPMs.

In the late 19th century, African American beach communities began to emerge in places like Highland Beach, MD and Cape May, NJ. They provided havens for Black vacationers excluded from white resort communities. But get this: the historically Black Sea Breeze beach in North Carolina was open to whites in the heart of the Jim Crow South.

The Advocate/The Times-Picayune reporter Tyler Bridges talks the latest in local news including Julia Letlow. Longtime Louisiana politico James Carville comments on various political topics including public broadcasting funding and Pres. Trump and Epstein.

Crescent Classical features performances from Zhu Wang, winner of MASNO's 29th New Orleans International Piano Competition.

This Continuum program presents music from the early music English vocal ensemble Gothic Voices .

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us updates on Stephen Miller, Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy, Brooke Rollins, and Donald Trump. We’ll also hear regular segments like News of Crypto-Winter, News of the Godly, and a comprehensive edition of News of A.I. All that and great summertime music on this week’s program.

Congressman for Louisiana's 6th district Cleo Fields talks various political topics including the implications of Trump's "big beautiful bill". General Manager and President at WRKF Paul Maassen speaks on public broadcasting funding.

Here in Louisiana, intergenerational cooking is a way of life. Who doesn't treasure their great grandmother's gumbo recipe or still use their mom's roasting pan? This week, we talk with Chef Nini Nguyen and Sarah Ahn, two women of East Asian heritage whose families and cultures share that motherly love expressed through food.

Joining Keith this week is legendary, Grammy-winning blue singer Bobby Rush.

This is an encore presentation of our special program from 1999, dedicated to the late Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia's birthday falls on August 1, and he passed on August 9, 1995. Garcia was one of the transcendent, eclectic American musicians of this century and was able to creatively fuse and renew the blues, country, and jazz. On this special program, we'll dig into the roots and branches of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead's music.