TMP306 JOE DARENSBOURG GOES WAY BACK

The singer and musician with Les Cenelles Creole Ensemble, early music group Musica da Camera, and rock band Shot Down in Equador Jr. has recently completed the "Musique(s)!” project (w/ Louis Michot, Leyla McCalla, Sweet Crude, and Sunpie Barnes) for the American Folklife Center resulting in an album, book, film, and exhibition documenting French and Creole music in Louisiana. An antique bookbinder by trade and an esoterica fan by inclination, Joe has a deep appreciation for history and connecting the dots. Tonight he puts himself in a bind with the Troubled Men.   Topics include French Quarter Fest, Greg Schatz, a shooting, a Passover Seder, matza, "Chad Gadya," Ladino, Gardenia Moon's "Dead Flowers," a death sentence, political violence, a motorcycle accident, Boston, Treme, Riverbend, Spectrum, Hurricane Betsy, the Fertel family, NOCCA, the Grosses, St. Augustine H. S., a Kinko's job, Bill Davis, Kelly Keller, Nicky Sanzenbach, Peter Strauss, Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Gwartney, ethnomusicology, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Code Noir, Kouri Vini, Corey Ledet, Leidenheimer Bakery, Milton Scheuermann, George Reinecke, Melinda Pendelton, Karen Barenco, Berlin Blixa Bargeld, and much more.  Intro music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break Music: "Teeth" by Shot Down in Equador Jr. Outro Music: "Kaneis Edo Den Tragouda" by Panorama Jazz Band feat. Joe Darensbourg Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Joe Darensbourg Facebook Les Cenelles Facebook Les Cenelles Homepage Nous Foundation Homepage Chapters (00:00:16) - Troubled Men(00:02:05) - How Does the French Court Festival Make Money?(00:03:59) - Gun Violence at Festivals(00:06:31) - When You Don't Have Any Friends(00:07:24) - How Do You Eat Passover?(00:09:15) - Passover(00:10:49) - Gardenia Moon's New Album(00:11:54) - Trump rips Elon Musk and his Tesla(00:13:00) - The Great American Question(00:13:28) - Gardenia Moon's Record "Dead Flowers"(00:15:32) - Los Tremolo Kings(00:16:36) - Joe Daredevil on Riding A Motorcycle(00:19:14) - Meet Les Lel and the Lesson(00:20:07) - Bookbinder Joe Darensberg(00:24:14) - Books for Students: Are they charging more?(00:25:28) - Croatian kid on Hurricane Katrina and the Spectrum program(00:28:39) - How Ruth Foretelled Her Son(00:29:06) - Marcellus on Playing Music in High School(00:32:49) - How Kinko's Made Me Sing(00:36:36) - Troubled Men: Chuck Courtney on the Show(00:40:20) - Johnny J on Playing With Old(00:42:51) - The Troubled Men Podcast: Money Needed(00:44:29) - Joe Darensberg on Playing in New Orleans(00:49:33) - What is Francophone New Orleans?(00:51:57) - Cajun French on Corey Vinnie's Album(00:55:58) - Do You Like Subtitles in Movies?(00:58:35) - Les Enel(01:01:20) - The Lost New Orleans German Creoles(01:04:48) - Biker Talk(01:07:39) - What's On the Other Side of the Wailing Wall?(01:09:02) - Trouble Man: Never Stop Fighting