Music

Friday, September 9

We celebrate Otis Redding’s 75th birthday with selections from his career plus cover versions of his songs from Paul Rodgers, Etta James, Black Crowes, and Humble Pie.

Saturday, September 10

Monday 9.5.16

Night Train celebrates Labor Day with some work songs and a ‘Jazz on the Picket Lines’ special in hour two of the show. Plus the kick-off of the September Brass Bands feature with music from Kermit Ruffins with both the Rebirth Brass Band and the Treme Brass Band, and new music from Charlie Hunter and Jim Rotondi.

Tuesday 9.6.16

Monday, September 5

Global Village celebrates Labor Day with songs about work and working, the people who do it and the joys and pains of it. Among the artists featured:  the Strawbs, Toots Hibbert, Van Morrison, Sting, Abbey Lincoln, the Beatles, Jimmy Reed, the Roches and more.

Tuesday, September 6

September 9/11

Crossroads teams up with Global Village and Strange Currency to mark what would have been Otis Redding’s 75th birthday. We’ll hear the first tracks the Southern Soul legend did with Stax, classic recordings from throughout his career, several of his posthumous albums, which also featured a number of his classics, and a couple of great Redding covers.

1. Money Chicha – Echo en Mexico (VampiSoul)

1.  Moreland and Arbuckle – Promised Land or Bust (Alligator)

1. Brad Mehldau Trio – Blues and Ballads (Nonesuch)

Saturday, September 3

This week we'll hear from Jennifer Kimball and Lucy Kaplansky, who shared a concert at the Old Settler’s Inn.