It’s New Orleans: Happy Hour

Chirp If You Like My Handpan – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

The Fake Carls aren’t fake, they’re a real band whose friend (not Carl) plays the Handpan. The central nervous system of the Fake Carls are (not) a couple of Loyola music business students, Julie Wischan and Steve Panacek. Julie and Steve knock us out with two tunes – the first song they ever wrote and…

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Hello Swelo – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Holed up in his room at night after teaching high school math all day, Agasthya Pradhan-Shenoy tinkered around with his computer, making music. When he’d compiled a bunch of tracks he called himself Swelo and put out a record he called Escalator Music. It became an instant internet hit, blowing up first with the the…

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You Better Not Leave – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Alex McMurray’s NOLA anthem “If you can’t make it here you better not leave” is a singalong smash.   Pauline Patterson from NOLA-voted Best Bar Finn McCool’s dishes up a dose of Ireland.  Rock’n’NOLA Charles Chamberlain makes history, literally.  Andrew Duhon debuts his new Chevy commercial.  

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Depends Who You Ask – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

If you listen to public radio in New Orleans you already know Eve Troeh. Eve is the News Director for the local NPR affiliate; public radio station WWNO 89.9FM. But other than she’s smart, quick, and one of the refreshingly talented new on-air voices at WWNO, what do you really know about Eve? Start with…

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Psychic Sissy Pyrex – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

We invited film maker Kevin McLin on Happy Hour because he seemed like an interesting guy. We had no idea how interesting. First of all he’s the creator of two of the potentially most offensive, edgy, pieces of comedy to come out of New Orleans in years. Maybe ever. A music video about a “baby…

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