Life is a Mixtape presents:

Louisiana Dancehall Takeover

It’s Mardi Gras! So I reached out to Bill and Talia from Louisiana Dancehall and asked them to recommend a bunch of perfect Mardi Gras songs. Here they are — every one an invitation to start a party. Let’s Zyde-Go!

Show Archive

Playlist:

Time: February 21 - 1:00:33 pm
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  Cedric Watson & Corey Ledet, “Goin' Down to Louisiana”

  from Goin' Down to Louisiana

  Valcour Records - 2007

Time: February 21 - 1:03:44 pm
• 

  The Wild Magnolias, “All On a Mardi Gras Day”

  from Life Is a Carnival

  Blue Note Records - 1999

Time: February 21 - 1:07:15 pm
• 

  Bo Dollis, “I Know You Mardi Gras”

  from 1313 Hoodoo Street

  AIM Records - 2001

Time: February 21 - 1:12:10 pm
• 

  Galactic, “Carnivale Time (feat. Al "Carnival Time" Johnson)”

  from Carnivale Electricos

  Anti/Epitaph - 2012

Time: February 21 - 1:15:21 pm
• 

  Pine Leaf Boys, “Whiskey c'est mon ami”

  from Back Home

  Valcour Records - 2010

Time: February 21 - 1:18:54 pm
• 

  Horace Trahan & The Ossun Express, “Go to the Mardi Gras / Iko Iko”

  from By Special Request

  Maison de Soul Records - 2013

Time: February 21 - 1:23:48 pm
• 

  Rebirth Brass Band, “Do Whatcha Wanna”

  from 25th Anniversary

  Rebirth Brass Band - 2008

Time: February 21 - 1:26:59 pm
• 

  Big Sam's Funky Nation, “Mardi Gras in New Orleans”

  from Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Single

  Big Sam's Funky Nation - 2021

Time: February 21 - 1:33:22 pm
• 

  Kermit Ruffins & Rebirth Brass Band, “Mardi Gras Day (feat. Rebirth Brass Band)”

  from Throwback

  Basin Street - 2005

Time: February 21 - 1:42:21 pm
• 

  Shamarr Allen, “Meet Me On Frenchmen Street (Feat. Kermit Ruffins)”

  from Meet Me On Frenchmen Street

  Shamarr Allen - 2007

Time: February 21 - 1:43:46 pm
• 

  Cha Wa, “Geechie Boom Boom”

  from Spyboy

  Upt Music - 2018

Time: February 21 - 1:46:37 pm
• 

  Flagboy Giz, “Downtown”

  from I Got Indian In My Family

  Injun Money Records - 2022

Time: February 21 - 1:51:33 pm
• 

  Professor Longhair, “Go to the Mardis Gras”

  from Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Complete Recordings 1949 - 1962

  Jasmine Records - 2013

Time: February 21 - 1:53:59 pm
• 

  Trombone Shorty & James Andrews, “Ooh Poo Pah Doo”

  from Treme, Season 1 (Music from the HBO Original Series)

  Interscope - 2010

Time: February 21 - 1:57:27 pm

• Buckwheat Zydeco, “Hot Tamale Baby”

  from Mardi 'Til You Drop '92!

  Rhino Records - 1992

Time: February 21 - 2:05:54 pm

• Professor Longhair, “Jambalaya (On The Bayou)”

  from Rum and Coke

  The Tomato Music Works Limited - 2002

Time: February 21 - 2:06:19 pm
• 

  Galactic, “Second and Dryades”

  from From the Corner to the Block

  Anti/Epitaph - 2007

Time: February 21 - 2:08:59 pm
• 

  Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, “Monk's Mardi Gras”

  from Won't Bow Down

  f.Boo Music - 2011

Time: February 21 - 2:14:35 pm
• 

  Galactic, “Hey Na Na (feat. David Shaw of The Revivalists & Maggie Koerner)”

  from Carnivale Electricos

  Anti/Epitaph - 2012

Time: February 21 - 2:20:04 pm
• 

  Yarn, “Bad Bad Man”

  from Yarn

  Ardsley Music - 2007

Time: February 21 - 2:21:08 pm
• 

  Allen Toussaint, “I Could Eat Crawfish Everyday”

  from Songbook (Deluxe Edition)

  New Rounder - 2013

Time: February 21 - 2:28:33 pm
• 

  Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, “New Suit”

  from Uptown on Mardi Gras Day

  Troubadour Jass Records - 2023

Time: February 21 - 2:28:58 pm
• 

  Queen Ida, “Mardi Gras!”

  from Mardi Gras!

  GNP Crescendo - 1994

Time: February 21 - 2:31:59 pm
• 

  The Hawketts, “Mardi Gras Mambo”

  from Mardi Gras Mambo - Single

  Black Sheep Music - 2013

Time: February 21 - 2:35:52 pm
• 

  The Meters, “Hey Pocky A-way”

  from Rejuvenation

  Rhino/Warner Records - 2004

Time: February 21 - 2:39:57 pm
• 

  Marcia Ball, “Party Town”

  from Peace, Love & BBQ

  Alligator Records - 2008

Time: February 21 - 2:45:57 pm
• 

  Stop, Inc., “The Second Line”

  from Ultimate Mardi Gras

  Mardi Gras Records - 2008

Time: February 21 - 2:47:33 pm
• 

  Earl King, “Street Parade”

  from Street Parade

  Charly Records - 2006

Time: February 21 - 2:53:30 pm
• 

  Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, “They All Ask'd for You”

  from Turn Up the Zydeco!

  Mardi Gras Records - 2008

Time: February 21 - 2:55:47 pm
• 

  Sugar Boy Crawford, “Jock-O-Mo”

  from Troubled Mind Blues

  Edizione Jazz - 2019

jaysandusky    Life is a Mixtape    February 21st, 2023

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