Gwen Thompkins
Host of Music Inside OutGwen Thompkins is a New Orleans native, NPR veteran and host of WWNO's Music Inside Out, where she brings to bear the knowledge and experience she amassed as senior editor of Weekend Edition, an East Africa correspondent, the holder of Nieman and Watson Fellowships, and as a longtime student of music from around the world.
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After two COVID-19 delays in just as many years, James Taylor played in New Orleans with Jackson Browne on Saturday, Oct. 16. But as Gwen Thompkins writes, this concert was different than his past live events. -
Sutton, who appeared in more than 100 movies, plays and television shows over a career that spanned almost 50 years, died this past week of complications from the coronavirus.
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Givonna Joseph and her New Orleans-based troupe, OperaCréole, tackle some of opera's most challenging works with gusto, including early compositions… -
By his count, Wendell Brunious knows more than 2,000 songs. Some are from the Great American Songbook, some are traditional, swing and bebop jazz gems and… -
German artist David Helbich first coined the term “Belgian solutions” when he moved to Brussels in the early-2000s. It refers to the ad-lib alterations to… -
Listen to a selection of marvelous music from the First Lady of Song, plus music by artists who have felt her influence. -
In case you’re wondering — yes, this is a Best of Music Inside Out program. But the topic is universal. The songs we hear as children — even the ones we… -
Singer-songwriter Spencer Bohren (1950-2019) was raised in Casper, Wyoming, in the long, quiet lead up to where the Great Plains end and the Rocky… -
In funk music everything counts — every note, every beat, every silence, every breath. That’s why musicians who play funk are such masters of… -
The Wonderful World of Ricky RiccardiPerhaps one of the most awe-inspiring facts about Ricky Riccardi, who directs research collections at the Louis…
