Mardi Gras Episode
with Guest DJs, Johnette Downing & Scott Billington

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Children’s book author and musician Johnette Downing and Grammy Award winning producer Scott Billington offer a carnival of Louisiana roots music; a showcase of Cajun, New Orleans Rhythm and Blues, Zydeco, Brass Band and Jazz music by Louisiana artists.

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Feb 9th & 10th, 2013
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured video: Reading Rocks! By Johnette Downing Children’s book author and musician Johnette Downing sings “Reading Rocks!” from her Reading Rocks! CD to get children boppin’ into books and rockin’ into reading! – www.johnettedowning.com

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PLAYLIST

• Professor Longhair – “Go to the Mardi Gras” (The Complete Ric & Ron Recordings,
• Vol. 6: Classic New Orleans R&B and More, 1958-1965)
• The Hawkettes – “Mardi Gras Mambo” (The History of Rhythm & Blues, Volume 3 –
• The Rock’n’roll Years)
• Zachary Richard – “File’ Gumbo” (Zack’s Bon Ton)
• Johnette Downing – “Bon Jour Mes Amis,” (From the Gumbo Pot)
• Papillion – “Cocodrie” (Cajun for Kids)
• Johnette Downing – “Why the Possum Has a Large Grin,” (Reading Rocks!)
• Huey Smith and the Clowns – “Don’t You Just Know It” (Having a Good Time With
• Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best of, Vol. 1)
• Robert Parker – “Barefootin’” (Introduction to Robert Parker)
• Fats Domino – “Walkin’ to New Orleans” (The Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest
• Hits)
• Nathan the the Zydeco Cha Chas – “Festival Zydeco” (Creole Crossroads)
• Dirty Dozen Brass Band – “Little Liza Jane” (My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now)
• Johnette Downing and Jimmy LaRocca’s Original Dixieland Jazz Band – “Dixieland
• Jazz” (Dixieland Jazz for Children)
• Louie Prima – “Banana Split for My Baby,” (Louis Prima Collectors Series)
• Louis Armstrong – “What a Wonderful World,” (What a Wonderful World)
• Johnette Downing and Jimmy LaRocca’s Original Dixieland Jazz Band – “It’s Time for
• Mardi Gras,” (Dixieland Jazz for Children)

About Johnette Downing

Dubbed the “Musical Ambassador to Children” and the “Pied Piper of Louisiana Music Traditions,” Johnette Downing is a multi-award winning children’s book author and musician performing concerts and author visits for children, and workshops and keynote for educators globally. Dedicated to celebrating childhood, sharing cultures and fostering literacy through her music, books and programs, Johnette has performed in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Central America, North America and the Caribbean, has received twenty-one awards and has received rave reviews in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Disney Family Fun Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Parents Magazine and many more.

Scott Billington

Scott Billington is a musician, writer and Grammy® Award winning record producer. With a discography of over 100 albums of roots-based music, Scott has received the Porretta (Italy) Sweet Soul Music Award, the Blues Foundation’s Keeping the Blues Alive Award, and the Offbeat (New Orleans) Lifetime Achievement Award. His records have garnered a total of ten Grammy® nominations, along with awards from the French Academie du Jazz, Living Blues magazine and many others. His writing has appeared in the Oxford American, Gambit, the Boston Globe and numerous other publications. Scott’s harmonica playing has been featured on albums by artists as diverse as Appalachian folk singer Hazel Dickens, rockabilly musician Sleepy LaBeef and soul singer Irma Thomas.