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Music Memory from Angela Russell
Read more: Music Memory from Angela RussellAngela Russell is a violinist from Shreveport, Louisiana, who trained in NYC and who has played in symphony orchestras and rock bands around the United States. She has also taught hundreds of students a love for stringed instruments. Currently, Angela lives in Los Angeles. Angela shares how she first discovered the violin in this childhood…
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Interview: Jayna Morgan & the Swing Setters swing kids music
Read more: Interview: Jayna Morgan & the Swing Setters swing kids musicIn this episode of Confetti Park, Katy Ray interviews jazz vocalist Jayna Morgan about her newest New Orleans band, the Swing Setters, a fun, energetic group that plays kids music jazz-style! (Is this a great name for a jazz band that plays kids music, or what?!) The Swing Setters truly fill a void in the New Orleans live…
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Music Medley: Crawfish Time
Read more: Music Medley: Crawfish TimeConfetti 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: Get On Board – Buckwheat Zydeco High…
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Ben Schenck wrote a song about a cockroach
Read more: Ben Schenck wrote a song about a cockroachWhen facing off with a cockroach in the shower, what would you do? Some people would scream. Some people would hurl the shampoo bottle at the little sucker, and then run. But Ben Schenck? He wrote a song for the cockroach. “I was raised with a strong care module, so I cared deeply about this…
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Music Memory from Tommy Sancton
Read more: Music Memory from Tommy SanctonIn this episode of Confetti Park, Tommy Sancton shares one of his earliest music memories from Preservation Hall, a musical venue in the French Quarter founded in 1961 to protect, preserve, and perpetuate traditional New Orleans jazz. There, Tommy heard the sound that would guide the course of his life. Tommy Sancton has had an illustrious career…
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Interview: How Jeremy Lyons started singing to kids
Read more: Interview: How Jeremy Lyons started singing to kidsIn this episode of Confetti Park, Katy Ray interviews Jeremy Lyons about how he started playing for kids and what kinds of songs he plays. Jeremy also discusses how much he enjoys the curiosity and interest of little human beings in music. Jeremy Lyons began his musical career playing in a washboard band on the streets…
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Storytime: Lousy Liver by Melinda Taliancich Falgoust
Read more: Storytime: Lousy Liver by Melinda Taliancich FalgoustCharlie is hungry. He simply can’t wait. What will his dear mother put on his plate? Charlie picks up his fork and stops in midair. Oh, no! On his plate! What is THAT sitting there?” Lousy Liver is an award-winning, deliciously whimsical tale that follows the imagination of a young boy as he devises one…
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Music Medley “Cockroach Dance”
Read more: Music Medley “Cockroach Dance”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: Manchac Chicken Shack – Louisiana Pollywogs…
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Storytime: Why the Possum has a Large Grin by Johnette Downing
Read more: Storytime: Why the Possum has a Large Grin by Johnette DowningAward-winning Louisiana children’s musician and author Johnette Downing shares with Confetti Park another marvelous trickster tale—this time about a possum! (Also listen to Why the Oyster Has the Pearl.) When hungry Deer asks Possum how he stays so plump during the long dry season, the sly marsupial gets an idea. It wouldn’t take much for Possum…
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Change the life of a kid through CASA
Read more: Change the life of a kid through CASAThis is a special edition of Confetti Park. Katy Ray interviews Rosana Gonzalez, Executive Director of CASA Jefferson, who is looking for volunteers to advocate for foster children in Jefferson Parish. In 2014, CASA Jefferson served 295 kids in Jefferson parish with only 150 volunteers. In other words, about 15% of foster care children in…
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Music Medley: Songs of Donuts & Brains
Read more: Music Medley: Songs of Donuts & BrainsWelcome to Confetti Park, a magical playground of music and stories for kids everywhere. What’s unique about these songs, and these stories, is that they all come from Louisiana. This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. Songs featured in this episode, in order: If I Only Had a Brain – Paul…
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Music Memory from Jason Rhein
Read more: Music Memory from Jason RheinJason Rhein is the bassist in New Orleans’ acclaimed rock band Rotary Downs, as well as singer-songwriter in the brother-sister children’s group Jason & Layla. Jason is also the owner of Elephant Quilt production studio and a partner at Marigny Recording Studio. Through these entities, Jason has had a major impact on the contemporary sound…