B-Side Wins Again: Archibald

New Orleans piano great Leon T. Gross aka "Archibald" deserves much greater recognition. Check out "Crescent City Bounce"

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Remembering Fats Domino on his birthday

We're celebrating R&B great Fats Domino today with a couple of his Imperial gems and a CBC interview from 1968.

Remembering New Orleans bandleader Dave Bartholomew on his birthday

Remembering the great New Orleans trumpeter Dave Bartholomew who co-wrote and produced many of Fats Domino's hits. 

Happy Birthday Smiley Lewis!

Remembering late New Orleans great Overton Amos Lemons aka "Smiley Lewis" with a couple of his classic R&B swingers.   

Midweek Mixdown: Frontera Colletion salutes Fats Domino

Here's a swingin' set of vintage Hispanic recordings of songs penned by Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew.  

RIP Cosimo Matassa, 1926-2014

Iconic New Orleans studio owner and engineer Cosimo Matassa died Thursday at the age of 88.