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Today's #MardiGrasSongoftheDay is a killer tune by Big Sam’s Funky Nation. #MusicSky #NOLA #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay
Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Official Video) Big Sam’s Funky Nation
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February 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
We're now less than a week out from Mardi Grad Day 2026. Today's #MardiGrasSOngOfTheDay is from the Rebirth Brass Band with some sage musical advice. (And no, they're not saying to illegal things, but I'm sure they're fine with getting into good trouble.) #MusicSky #NOLA #MardiGras
Do Whatcha Wanna
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February 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM
There are no #MardiGras parades in #NOLA tonight, but I still have a #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay: A zoological tune from The Meters that's always good for a laugh. #MusicSky
They All Ask'd for You
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February 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is from the most excellent Leigh Harris of the #NOLA band Lil' Queenie & The Percolators. #MusicSky #MardiGras
My Dawlin' New Orleans
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February 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
While I have a #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay (naturally), I woke up with The Wild Tchoupitoulas as my #MorningEarworm. #MusicSky
Big Chief Got A Golden Crown
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February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Good afternoon, y'all! Today is 10 days from #MardiGras Day in the Crescent City, and six parades will be livestreamed by @nolanews.bsky.social. Let's start with the #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay, a classic by Earl King that became a big hit by Professor Longhair. #MusicSky #NOLA
Big Chief (Complete Version)
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February 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is a tune from Trumpet Black's posthumous albumThe New Beginning, but the track isn't available online, so I'll share a version by one of the New Orleans guitar greats. #MusicSy #NOLA #MardiGras
Street Parade
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February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is both a nice jam and instructions on how to eat crawfish. Fun Fact: The guitar player with the glasses is Camile Baudoin, who taught me recording engineering. #MusicSky #NOLA #MardiGras #FoodSky youtu.be/hBOzsqk7SNs
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
#MardiGras Day is two weeks from TODAY, and the parades start rolling in earnest on Friday. (I'll be sharing a link to where you can watch a live stream.) Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is a killer live version of a song by The Meters.* #MusicSky #NOLA
The Meters - Hey Pocky A-Way - 5/30/1980 - Saenger Theatre (Official)
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February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is from The Meters, agroup that served as the house band at Allen Toussaint's Sea-Saint Studio in NOLA's Gentilly neighborhood. #MusicSky #NOLA #MardiGras www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOlL...
The Meters - Out In The Country
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February 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I've got a pair of #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay entries to share, and let's start with yesterday's tune. James Booker, a giant in #NOLA music known as the Black Liberace, is known for wearing an eyepatch with a star on it after losing his left eye in an assault in Angola Prison. #MusicSky #MardiGras
Classified
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February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is from good old Fess, Professor Longhair. In 1974, he joined Dr. John and The Meters for an episode of PBS' Soundstage, bringing a nice bit of #NOLA to WTTW in the Windy City. #MusicSky #MardiGras
"Tipitina" Professor Longhair & The Meters 1974
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January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is a live version of the very first Marcia Ball song I ever heard. It wason a Mardi Gras compilation CD I bought, and once I heard it, I was hooked. #MusicSky #NOLA #MardiGras
That's Enough Of That Stuff (Live)
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January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is a musical question from Satchmo. And yes, I absolutely do. #MusicSky #NOLA #MardiGras
Louis Armstrong - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (17.10.1946)
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January 28, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Good afternoon, y'all. Today started way too early, so at some point between now and dinner, this girl's going to need to get a nap. Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is from a #NOLA #funk band that was formed in 1965. #MusicSky #MardiGras
Trick Bag (1997 Remaster)
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January 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
#NOLA is dealing with its own temperature drop after the weekend storm went through the northern part of the state, but they're less than two weeks from the start of daily #MardiGras Parades. Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is from Leigh Harris, better known as Little Queenie. #MusicSky
Slingshots and Boomerangs
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January 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Because we need some good music between the weather and the shitshow across our country, today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. #MusicSky #MardiGras #NOLA
St. James Infirmary
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January 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is a favorite tune from Dr. John.

Your steak ain't no hipper than my porkchop
Your Cadillac ain't no hipper than my bus stop
Your champagne ain't no hipper than my soda pop

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Qualified - Dr. John
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January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
There's a saying in #NOLA that their trees have bling. This shot, snapped from the video for today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay, shows why they say that. #MardiGras
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Moning, y'all. It's 25 days until #MardiGras Day, but carnival season in #NOLA started on 6 January, so as today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay says, it's carnival time! Today's version features vocals from Irma Thomas, George Porter Jr., and Cyril Neville. #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYqh...
"Carnival Time" - Irma Thomas featuring George Porter Jr., Cyril Neville, The New Breed Brass Band
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January 23, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Happy Thursday, y'all. I need to run to thechemist and grocery store while it's warm outside, but I wanted to share the #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay first. #MardiGras #MOLA #MusicSky #funk
Cissy Strut
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January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Good afternoon, y'all. It's been a busy day, partly getting caught up after my doctor's appointment and an afternoon nap yesterday. Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is from before I came into the world, but it's a song just about everyone knows. #MusicSky #NOLA #MardiGras
IKO IKO the DIXIE CUPS TV version
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January 21, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It's 27 days until #MardGras Day in #NOLA, and 18 days before the @nolanews.bsky.social Parade Cam starts streaming for the season. Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is for #DogSky. #MusicSky
Play With Your Poodle (Live)
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January 20, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Morning, all. Today got started so early that my coffee needs more coffee. I don't have a morning earworm, but today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is one that gets me hungry for some good Creole cooking just looking at the title. #MusicSky #MardiGras #NOLA
Dave Bartholomew - Shrimp and Gumbo
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January 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
It's about 29 days until Fat Tuesday, #MardiGras Day in the City That Care Forgot. Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is a cover by Big Al Carson of a Wild Magnolias tune. #MusicSky #NOLA
All In a Mardi Gras Day
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January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM