Oct 3, 2017
Confetti Park: A music medley of children's music from Louisiana
Hi everybody! Enjoy this new medley of family friendly songs created by Louisianans (or transplants who will always call Louisiana home). This episode of Confetti Park, which airs in its entirety on the lucky radio stations listed below, has songs in the vein of Cajun, rock, blues, folk, jazz, and FUN! Listen up!
Songs featured in this episode, in order:
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Papillon
Joke of the Day - Candle Out
Chicken Strut - The Meters
Feliciana LeRoux - Johnette Downing
Sunny & Norah Sing
Toulouse the Crawfish Hunter - Ron "Black" Guidry
I Want My Mommy - Imagination Movers
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Lead Belly
Backyard Camping- Jazzy Ash
Also featured in this episode, a Music Memory from Ms. Chocolate and for Storytime, a reflective essay—"Coyotes at Night" by Katy Hobgood Ray.
About Confetti Park
The Confetti Park hosted by Katy Hobgood Ray, features music and stories spun in Louisiana. It showcases songs that kids love, songs created for kids, and songs created by kids. Sparkling interviews, in-studio performances, delightful music medleys, jokes, local author storytime, and a little surprise lagniappe make for an entertaining show!
The radio program version launched on April 4, 2015 in New Orleans on WHIV FM and is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation and Music Rising at Tulane University.
Current broadcast schedule:
- KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM every Saturday between 7-8 a.m.
- WRFA 107.9 FM in Jamestown, NY every Saturday at 8 a.m.
- KFZR 93.3FM in Frazier Park, CA every Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m.
- KLQS 96.7FM in Agua Dulce, CA every Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m.
- WHIV 102.3 FM in New Orleans every Saturday at 12 p.m.
- KPNW-DB Pacific Northwest Radio in Bellingham, WA every Sunday at 9 a.m.
- WHYR 96.9 FM in Baton Rouge every Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
- KSLU 90.9 FM in Hammond every Sunday at 12 p.m.
A full list of Confetti Park stations (and a map) is available at http://confettipark.com/podcast/
Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.