Saturday Gumbo

07/04/2024

Congratulations WKZE!!!

A huge THANK YOU to all of our listeners, supporters, sponsors, friends, families, and to the staff at Chronogram, for helping making our win happen. We are so proud. And congratulations to the runner up radio stations in our category; we are honored to be in your company.

06/16/2018

Tune in today (Sat/16th) for the first *Woodstock Rockin' Review* with Professor Louie (Professor Louie & The Crowmatix) on WKZE 98.1 FM - Celebrating Musical Diversity at 5PM. 98.1 KZE and WKZE.com

06/16/2018

06/15/2018

July 20-22, 2018 for the My Side Of The Mountain Music Festival !

Am very excited to be hosting such great artists this summer such as Fingersleeve, Anders Osborne, Slam Allen, Johnny Sansone, John Fohl, Jonathon Long, Honey Island Swamp Band, Professor Louie & The Chromatix and a few more to be announced.

Please see thearkbowl.com/mountain-music-festival

06/13/2018

The movie trailer for A Man And His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Story. Featuring: Leroy Jones, Harry Connick Jr, Terence Blanchard, Gregg Stafford, Herlin Riley...

06/12/2018

This will be amazing! I saw Johnny Sansone with Tab Benoit a couple years ago at Bluestock on Hunter Mtn, Trombone Shorty was the headliner. On that particular night, Tab Benoit and Johnny Sansone blew Shorty away! (BTW...this was the night before Hurricane Irene hit - and all these New Orleanians had to beat it out of here.)

If you don’t already know who Johnny Sansone is, it’s high time you found out about him. Long known for his instrumental prowess, particularly on harmonica and accordion, Sansone has …

06/03/2018

https://www.npr.org/2017/04/13/523601781/songs-we-love-hurray-for-the-riff-raff-be-my-baby?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20170413

Alynda Segarra takes her love of The Ronettes' lust-drenched rock 'n' roll Rosetta stone one step further and re-creates the trio's iconic 1965 TV performance.

06/03/2018

I played the Dirty Bourbon River Show's 2nd Line on the show last Friday - and WQFS DJ David Wright called in. He was on the beach in North Carolina with a bourbon "go-cup" and tuned in! He wanted me to know that his friend had made a firing-breathing tuba for the Dirty Bourbon River Show...You can catch David's show "Caravan" on WQFS Guilford College Radio- Tuesday mornings. (Lots of great stuff from New Orleans on his playlists!)

06/03/2018

For more information on "Fess Up", click here: https://palfifilms.com/

06/02/2018

We will be speaking with documentarian Polly Waring about "Fess Up" - today on Saturday Gumbo, 5pm on 98.1 KZE fm and WKZE.com

http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/festivals/article_6e00fccc-48a4-11e8-88c8-8fd73bb70c41.html

If you’ve been to Tipitina’s or the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, or listened to the likes of Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Art Neville, Jon Cleary, James Booker or

05/26/2018

Fats Waller, born May 21, 1904 in New York City...this video features New Orleans drummer Zutty Singleton, "Zutty take over. Pour it on 'em!" ~ Fats Waller. I will be playing some of Fats Waller on Saturday Gumbo today - by the New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Louis Armstrong,Marcus Roberts Trio, The Tin Men....maybe more! 98.1KZE, 981kze.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXJTe6GMUIc

From 1943 the year he died, this is a real favourite ! ....from Zutty Singleton's fantastic New Orleans inspired drumming, through Benny Carter's lung bustin...