Welcome to the land of Louisiana! Where crawfish are crawfish, “crawdad” will get you a “you’re not from around here, but ...

Allen Toussaint’s Songbook arrives on vinyl for the first time in Craft’s expanded 2-LP reissue, spotlighting his piano, songs, and New Orleans roots. It had that same humid, late-night Big Easy ...

A reissue chronicles the Joe’s Pub performances of Allen Toussaint, who wrote “Working in the Coal Mine” and other hits, after Hurricane Katrina forced him out of New Orleans. By Steve Knopper By 2005 ...

Allen Toussaint’s Songbook returns with 20 unreleased tracks, first vinyl release, and a reminder of who really shaped modern American music. Craft Recordings is bringing Allen Toussaint back into ...

IT AIMS TO INSPIRE KIDS ACROSS THE AREA. ALLISON TOUSSAINT MET ME HERE AT THE ICONIC DEW DROP INN TO TELL ME ABOUT HER NEW BOOK. THIS IS WHERE HER PARENTS MET, AND THE SAME PLACE THAT CONTINUES TO ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The daughter of New Orleans music legend Allen Toussaint has written a book about her father’s incredible life. It’s a children’s book designed to inspire young people, and she ...

Allen Toussaint’s Songbook endures as a core work in his illustrious and prolific career. After more than five decades as a performer, producer and composer, the late New Orleans rhythm and blues ...

All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly and R&B. We listen back to a 2000 interview with former teen idol Dion. Plus we’ll hear an interview ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. To conclude our archive series R&B, Rockabilly and Early Rock 'n' Roll, we have the interview I recorded with Allen Toussaint, who was in our studio at the piano ...

Toussaint was an important behind-the-scenes figure in New Orleans R&B during the '50s and '60s. He later became known for his own recordings. He died in 2015. Originally broadcast in 1988. KUOW is ...