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Caribbean Cruise & South Louisiana Sojourn: Garifuna Guitarist Aurelio & Creole Accordionist Cedric Watson Caribbean Cruise & South Louisiana Sojourn: Garifuna Guitarist Aurelio & Creole Accordionist Cedric Watson August 3rd, 2022 (Hour 1)
Caribbean Cruise & South Louisiana Sojourn: Garifuna Guitarist Aurelio & Creole Accordionist Cedric Watson

It’s a Caribbean sonic voyage with singer-guitarist and social leader Aurelio, who grew up in the traditional Afro-Indigenous Garifuna culture of coastal Honduras and now lives part time in the Bronx, NY. He’s a global ambassador for Garifuna culture and a member of the Honduran congress. Then live in-studio, the young Louisiana fiddler, accordionist, singer, Cedric Watson and his band Bijou Creole play La-La and zydeco soul. Plus: Kid Ory‘s New Orleans jazz; reggae songman, Jimmy Cliff; Cuban descarga from Cachao; and the Trinidad calypso hero Mighty Sparrow.

Main Image: Aurelio in Corozal village, Honduras. Photo Credit: Sarah Weeden

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GUILTY PLEASURES VOLUME 2: THEN & NOW

September 11th, 2019

For Volume 2 of our Guilty Pleasures series, we revel in the freedom to create an eclectic flow—during these days of algorithmic radio—from Lotte Lenya singing “Mack the Knife” to a Japanese take on Archie Bell and the Drells’ “Tighten Up.” We look back on the summer season with music from the Kinks and John Prine, and cool down with tunes by Ramsey Lewis and Oscar Brown, Jr. Plus some listener-requested guilty pleasures from Bob Marley to Bonnie Raitt. Sit back, tune in, and indulge guilt-free!

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  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: On the Sunny Side of the Street Tuts Washington
    New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
  • Sunny Afternoon The Kinks
    The Complete Collection, Castle Communications
  • Sunny Bobby Hebb
    Night Train To Nashville: Music CIty Rhtyhm & Blues 1945-1970, Lost Highway
  • My Girl The Temptations
    Anthology, Motown
  • Ode to Billie Joe Tammy Wynette
    Take Me to Your World- I Don’t Want to Play House, Koch
  • You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles
    Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol. 2, ABC-Paramount
  • Instrumental: Sunshine Twist Big Jack Johnson and the Jelly Roll Kings
    Rockin' The Juke Joint Down, Earwig Music
  • Guilty Bonnie Raitt
    Takin' My Time, Warner Brothers
  • Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) The Doors
    The Doors, Elektra
  • Mack the Knife Lotte Lenya and Louis Armstrong
    Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill, Sony Classical
  • Instrumental: Darktown Strutters Ball #1 The Might Four
    Dancing at the Melody Inn, American Music
  • What's the Use of Getting Sober Louis Jordan
    Jazzin' the Blues, Forlane
  • Let Me Go Home Whiskey Amos Milburn
    Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie 1946-1955, Capitol
  • Stay All Night Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
    For the Last Time, Liberty
  • Third Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendez-Vous Amazing Rhythm Aces
    Stacked Deck, ABC
  • Hanky Panky Tommy James & the Shondells
    Hanky Panky, Roulette
  • Honey Don't The Beatles
    Beatles for Sale, EMI
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
    The King Of Rock 'N' Roll - The Complete 50's Masters, RCA
  • Gotta Travel On Bill Monroe
    The Collection 1936-1959, Ideal Music
  • Summer's End John Prine
    Tree of Forgiveness, Boy
  • Closing Bed: Summertime Dr Michael White
    Jazz from New Orleans, Basin Street

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio
    In Person 1960-1967, MCA
  • Be Cool AKA Keep Cool Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
    The Very Best of, Master Classics
  • But I Was Cool Oscar Brown Jr.
    The Beat Generation, Rhino
  • Tighten Up Yellow Magic Orchestra
    Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!), Sony Music Direct
  • Ya-Ya Lee Dorsey
    Golden Classics, Collectables
  • Look-Ka Py Py The Meters
    Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Rebel Rouser Bill Frisell
    Guitar in the Space Age!, Okeh
  • Dead Flowers New Riders of the Purple Sage
    Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage, Sony
  • Parchman Farm John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
    Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, Decca
  • Gregorio Cortez Jesus Maya y Timoteo Cantu
    Tejano Roots, Arhoolie
  • Pancho and Lefty Townes Van Zandt (feat.Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & the Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyers)
    Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings, Fat Possum Records
  • Me and My Uncle Grateful Dead
    Veneta, OR 8/27/72 (The Complete Sunshine Daydream Concert), Grateful Dead Productions
  • I Shot the Sheriff Bob Marley & the Wailers
    Burnin', Island
  • Yes We Can Can Allen Toussaint
    Our New Orleans, Nonesuch
  • Instrumental: St James Infirmary Allen Toussaint
    The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch
  • Banks of the Ohio Joan Baez
    Joan Baez, Vol. 2, Vanguard
  • Banks of the Pontchartrain Brownie Ford
    Stories from Mountains, Swamps and Honky Tonks, New Rounder
  • Travailler Ç’est Trop Dur Caesar Vincent
    Travailler Ç’est Trop Dur: The Lyrical Legacy of Caesar Vincent, Swallow
  • Travailler Ç’est Trop Dur Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • Closing Bed: Jambalaya Tuts Washington
    New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder

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