Music Medley: Swamp Fire
Will-o’-the-wisp and Snake by Hendrich, Hermann (b.1856)
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 musical styles. Songs featured in this episode, in order:
- Bucket’s Got a Hole in It – Kermit Ruffins
- 3-6-9 (The Clapping Song) – Confetti Park Players
- Line Cutter – Imagination Movers
- Glow Worm – Swing Setters
- Ha Ha This-A-Way – Lead Belly
- Feufollet – Katy Hobgood Ray
Also in this episode, a narration of The Fifolet by Johnette Downing, about the Louisiana swamp fire spirit, and a Music Memory from Tom Stagg.
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!
Subscribe on iTunesThe 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 12:30 p.m. (Listen via Live Stream)
- KSLU 90.9 FM in Hammond every Sunday at 12 p.m. NOON
Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.
