The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org
Hey Listeners,
So the original inspiration for tonightâs show came from an ad I saw in NOLAâs Offbeat Magazine about a Jazz and Heritage Foundation program â Chanteuse: Celebrating New Orleans Women in Music which over the course of a week was going to feature 6 concerts as well as one evening of conversation. The first 6 artists tonight were supposed to be featured during that week in March although I am certain several dates were cancelled.
While I was thinking about how I might expand this for a full 2-hour show, Talia asked me (several months in advance) to cover Louisiana Dance Hall tomorrow night. I accepted and ran the idea for a female artist show past Bill Thomson and he made a bunch of great suggestions and I was locked in.
Unfortunately for Talia the concert she planned to attend was cancelled (like everything else right?) and she didnât need me to sub tomorrow night. But I had already prepared a show and I didnât do a NOLA Jazz Fest show this year so I thought maybe Iâd just do the Chanteuse show on my on show. The more I tossed that idea around the better it sounded. The music of NOLA has helped me stay sane throughout the pandemic. I listened 8 days over two weekends to the WWOZ Jazz Festing in Place special and last week I streamed a new NOLA music documentary called Up From the Streets. It was excellent and a portion of the money I paid to stream the films went to the independent theater of my choice (The Byrd) and part of it went to the Jazz and Heritage Foundation.
The end result â some really great tracks from NOLAâs finest female music-makers â some I ma sure you are familiar with and many â not so much. Enjoy.
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