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Paul Maassen
Paul Maassen
General Manager
Peter Ricchiuti
Peter Ricchiuti
Host of Out to Lunch / Community Advisory Board
Susan Larson
Susan Larson
Host of The Reading Life
Ryan Bordenave
Ryan Bordenave
Underwriting Specialist
Eve Troeh
Eve Troeh
News Director

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Music Inside Out with Gwen Thompkins
1:00 pm
Thu January 31, 2013

The Strange World of Alex McMurray

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Alex McMurray at the Bitter End in NYC, 2011.
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As noggins in New Orleans go, there is no noggin like that of singer-songwriter Alex McMurray. He's got more original characters in his head than a Hollywood film library. Why else would McMurray write a song about the man who shot the man who shot Liberty Valance? (Spoiler Alert: John Wayne is in the crosshairs).

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Out To Lunch
1:00 pm
Mon January 28, 2013

From Boots to Pedicabs

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Sal Palmisano of NOLA Pedicabs and Peter Ricchiuti.
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New Orleans' once most-hated-man gets on his bike!

Sal Palmisano was New Orleans' Enemy Number One when he came up with the brilliant business plan to boot drivers’ questionably-parked cars.

Today he is the pioneer of a whole new set of wheels: NOLA Pedicabs.

Music Interviews
5:34 pm
Sun January 27, 2013

Big Freedia Lays Out The Basics Of Bounce

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Big Freedia (the stage name of New Orleans native Freddie Ross) is one of the biggest stars of the hip-hop subculture known as bounce.
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Big Freedia (the stage name of New Orleans native Freddie Ross) is one of the biggest stars of the hip-hop subculture known as bounce.
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Originally published on Tue January 29, 2013 10:29 am

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Music Interviews
1:01 am
Thu January 24, 2013

The 'True Story' Inside Aaron Neville's Doo-Wop World

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Aaron Neville's latest album, My True Story, is a collection of the doo-wop songs he grew up singing in New Orleans.
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Originally published on Thu January 24, 2013 12:19 pm

At 72, the prince of R&B has reverted to childhood. Aaron Neville has a new album called My True Story, and it's a collection of the songs he sang growing up in the projects of New Orleans in the 1950s and '60s, back when doo-wop was king.

"I've been into every doo-wop there is," Neville says. "I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology."

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Out To Lunch
1:00 pm
Mon January 21, 2013

Taxi!

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Jack Culotta, United Cabs Lead Attorney; Nawlins Cab's Sheree Kerner and host Peter Ricchuiti.
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New Orleans city government is unleashing a world of new regulations on taxicabs, and it’s got United Cabs upset enough to drag the city into court.

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