Music Medley – Up Hill, Down Hill
Confetti Park is a community radio program out of New Orleans. We feature local storytellers and songs that kids love, songs created for kids, or created by kids, right here in Louisiana. This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians.
Songs featured in this episode, in order:
Wake-Y-Up-O – Kevin Griffin
Birds Birdy, Tweet Tweet – Mr. Christopher
Bullfrog – Louis Ray
Jack & Jill – Confetti Park Players
Skip to My Lou – Swing Setters
Farm – Imagination Movers
Summit of Sound – Renzi Center
When Something is Gnawing You – Hrilina Ramrakhiani
Old Man – Leadbelly
A Rum Sum Sum – Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Papillon
Also featured in this episode, a Louisiana folk tale called The Little Louisiana Pine Tree, a music memory from Shreveport musician Leonard Service, and a poem from Confetti Park Player Hrilina Ramrakhiani.
The Confetti Park hosted by Katy Hobgood Ray, features music and stories spun in Louisiana. It showcases songs that kids love, songs created for kids, and songs created by kids. Sparkling interviews, in-studio performances, delightful music medleys, jokes, local author storytime, and a little surprise lagniappe make for an entertaining show!
The radio program version launched on April 4, 2015 in New Orleans on WHIV FM and is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, OffBeat magazine and Music Rising at Tulane University.
Current broadcast schedule:
- WHIV 102.3 FM in New Orleans every Saturday at 12 p.m. NOON
- KSLU 90.9 FM in Hammond every Sunday at 12 p.m. NOON
- WHYR 96.9 FM in Baton Rouge every Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.
