It's time for the fourth Blogging New Orleans podcast. Each week I record a podcast about all things New Orleans on Tuesday evening and upload it for all of you to listen to on Wednesday afternoon. Comments, questions, concerns? Comment on this post or contact us via the tips link on the site. This week we have a special interview with Mark Samuels, president and co-founder of Basin Street Records.

• introduction
• "The Mardi Gras Second Line" by Los Hombres Calientes
• history of Basin Street Records
• Offbeat awards
• artists on the label:
  
  • Theresa Andersson
  • Henry Butler
  • Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
  • Headhunters
  • Los Hombres Calientes
  • Dr. Michael White
  • Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers
  • Irvin Mayfield
  • Jason Marsalis
• tenth Jazz Fest celebration
• Thursday before Jazz Fest at the Howling Wolf
• "Some Iko" by Henry Butler
• Katrina's effect on the label and its president
• Beacon of Hope
• calling Roadhome
• "Zulu Strut" by Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
• "why did you come back?"
• weekly newsletter
• BasinStreetRecords.com
• Levees.org
• Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans
  
• Idea Village
• Desire Nola
• Tipitina's Foundation
• Music Cares
• how Basin Street Records got to run the CD tent last year at Jazz Fest (with 3 weeks notice)
  
• upcoming tour dates
• Live at Vaughan's release
• Don't steal music
• Thanks for listening
• "The Mardi Gras Second Line" by Los Hombres Calientes

This podcast is almost a 'betacast' and should be treated as such. We don't have theme music yet, but in the future we hope to have that and interviews with movers and shakers from around our fair city. This week we featured some music from Basin Street Records artists which you can purchase from your favorite online store or grab the CDs directly from Basin Street. If you would like to be interviewed on the podcast feel free to contact us via the tips page or the comments below.

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Photo taken of Mark Samuels in his home office (still gutted).
Note: this one's a little long due to the music and the interview content, be sure to listen to the CD tent story at the end. Also, I say its the fifth podcast at the begining, sorry I added that really late at night and mixed down the podcast in Garageband before realizing my mistake. I promise to do better next time.

another note: Apparently I'm not the Garageband expert I thought I was at around 10 minutes in there was an issue with the recording. Should be fixed now.