Home of the Groove

Allow me to direct you to the Kickstarter page for a new radio documentary project, "That New Orleans Touch" , to be produced by George Ingmire, a guy who has been in the radio production trenche...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2017/02/that-new-orleans-touch.html

Spent most of this 2016 Carnival season back and forth between here and Memphis...a continuation of the last year. I took lots of trips up there to help out my 90 year old dad, who has be...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2016/02/right-now-its-carnival-time.html

Embed from Getty Images Allen Toussaint : January 14, 1938 - November 10, 2015. Not only one of the great New Orleans keyboard professors, in the local parlance, but a multiphasic musical ...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2015/12/toussaint-farewell-gone-too-soon.html

I first discussed “Fairchild” as part of my big feature on the song’s vocalist, Willie West, back in 2008. Written and produced by Allen Toussaint, the song is the top side of a single tha...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-farichild-enigma-revisted.html

Mardi Gas comin’ once again, just a few more days to cram in as much celebratin’ as you can stand. . .for as long as you can stand. Right now, I’ve got a replay of a tune I first posted ...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2015/02/carnival-seasoning-2015.html

Hey, y'all. I appreciate the inquiries as to my whereabouts. As you can see, since last August I've just been posting annotated playlists of my show on KRVS here, and am way behind on those. I...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/12/looking-back-and-foward.html

The weekly show: Thursdays at 1:00 PM and Fridays at 9:00 PM on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette/Lake Charles, and online at krvs.org . You can hear a podcast of this show and previous episodes on the sta...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/11/funkify-your-life-12-10232014.html

Air dates: Thursday, October 16, 2014, 1:00 PM, and Friday, October 17, 2014, 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette/Lake Charles, and online at the website. You can hear a podcast of this show and...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/11/funkify-your-life-11-10162014.html

Original air date: Thursday, October 9, 2014, 1:00 PM on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette/Lake Charles, and online at krvs.org, with a rebroadcast Friday nights at 9:00. You can hear a podcast of this sho...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/10/funkify-your-life-10-1092014.html

Air dates: Thursday, October 2, 2014, 1:00 PM, and Friday, October 3, 2014, 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette/Lake Charles, and online at krvs.org. You can hear a podcast of this show and prev...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/10/funkify-your-life-show-9-playlist.html

Air dates: Thursday, September 25, 2014, 1:00 PM, and Friday, September 26, 2014, 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette/Lake Charles, and online at krvs.org. You can hear a podcast of this show an...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/10/funkify-your-life-show-8-playlist.html

Air dates: Thursday, September 18, 2014, 1:00 PM, and Friday, September 19, 2014, 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette/Lake Charles, and online at krvs.org. You can hear a podcast of this show an...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/09/funkify-your-life-show-7-playlist.html

Air dates: Thursday, September 11, 2014, 1:00 PM, and Friday, September 12, 2014, 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette/Lake Charles, and online at krvs.org. You can hear a podcast of this show an...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/09/funkify-your-life-show-6-playlist.html

Air dates: Thursday, September 4, 2014, 1:00 PM, and Friday, September 5, 2014, 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette/Lake Charles, and online at krvs.org. You can hear a podcast of this show and ...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/09/funkify-your-life-show-5-playlist.html

Air dates: Thursday, August 28, 2014, 1:00 PM, and Friday, August 29, 2014, 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette/Lake Charles, and online at krvs.org. You can hear a podcast of this show and previ...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/08/funkify-your-life-show-4-playlist.html

Air dates: Thursday, 8/21/2014, at 1:00 PM Central and Friday, 8/22/2014, at 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette.. A podcast and playlist for this edition of Funkify Your Life and past shows are ...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/08/funkify-your-life-show-3-playlist.html

Air dates were Thursday, 8/14/2014, at 1:00 PM Central and Friday, 8/15/2014, at 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette. A new show airs weekly at those times. A podcast and playlist are available fr...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/08/funkify-your-life-show-2-playlist.html

Air dates, Thursday, 8/7/2014, at 1:00 PM Central and Friday, 8/8/2014 at 9:00 PM, on KRVS 88.7 FM Lafayette, LA. A podcast and playlist are also available from the KRVS website under “Program...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/08/funkify-your-life-show-1-playlist.html

Big news. Starting this Thursday, August 7, I will be producing and hosting a weekly show on KRVS 88.7 FM here in Lafayette. I'm calling it Funkify Your Life and will feature the funkier sides ...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/08/back-to-airwaves.html

The randomness continues with three more unrelated tracks, plus, two that might have someone in common. Each features a saxophone as lead instrument. . . and poly-rhythms, of course. The first tw...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/07/summertime-syncopations-part-2.html

No big theme this time. School’s out. Summer’s in. So, whether ensconced in air-conditioned confines escaping the steamy, tropical heat, or out late at night seeking a cool breeze off the bay...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/07/summertime-syncopations-part-1.html

While researching the relationship of Sansu Enterprises and Island Records covered in the two prior posts, I realized that an earlier project had kicked off their business dealings. It was Rob...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-sea-saint-island-addendum-sneakin.html

It’s time to get back to the Big Q thread. My prior entry last November (Part 5.1 ) in this sporadic series on the career of producer/arranger Wardell Quezergue discussed his transition bac...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/04/tracking-big-q-factor-pt-52-more.html

With Mardi Gras Day fast approaching, allow me to add some last minute tunes to your dance card. The HOTG Radio webcast is on what we hope to be a temporary hiatus, as reported earlier. So, the o...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/03/carnival-seasoning-part-and.html

The separate but affiliated webcast known more or less as Home of the Groove Internet Radio has been streaming music from my archives for going on 7 years via LoudCity, a service provider who mad...

https://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/2014/02/listen-up-and-soonhotg-radio-is-going.html