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Wed 18 Feb - Ash Wednesday in #NOLA
#MardiGrasSongOfTheDay: Galactic - Ash Wednesday Sunrise

I shared a live version performed at KXEP in Seattle on Ash Wednesday. If you missed it, you can see it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM2V....

#NOLA #MardiGras #MusicSky

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Ash Wednesday Sunrise by Galactic - Carnivale Electricos
YouTube video by Galactic
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February 23, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Tue 17 Feb - Mardi Gras Day in #NOLA
#MardiGrasSongOfTheDay: Professor Longhair - Go To The Mardi Gras
#MardiGrasForAllY'all Parade Cam: Zulu and Rex www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6__...

#NOLA #MardiGras #MusicSky

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Mardi Gras In New Orleans (Album Version)
YouTube video by Professor Longhair - Topic
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February 23, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Mon 16 Feb - Lundy Gras
#MardiGrasSongOfTheDay: Margie Perez & the King Cake Babies - Mardi Gras Carnival
#MardiGrasForAllY'all Parade Cam: Proteus and Orpheus www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxkG...

#NOLA #MardiGras #MusicSky

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Mardi Gras Carnival
YouTube video by Margie Perez, The King Cake Babies - Topic
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February 23, 2026 at 1:32 AM
jmhardin.bsky.social
With my dinner and dessert done, let me catch everyone up on my #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay and #MardiGras parade links.

Sun 15 Feb
Song: Stop, Inc. - The Second Line
Afternoon parades: Okeanos, Mid-City, Thoth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iecm...
Night parade: Bacchus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jy_...

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The Second Line
YouTube video by Stop Inc. - Topic
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February 23, 2026 at 1:32 AM
jmhardin.bsky.social
I just did a mess of dishes, and I have a little more to do before dinner, but after dinner I'll share my #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay and parade links for Sun-Tue. I plan on doing one day's links per day in a thread, but I want to make sure folks get to check out my list of songs and the parade vids.
February 22, 2026 at 10:21 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
I'm going to share today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay because it's so perfect. I started the last with a track off Galactic's Carnivale Electricos album, and the album closes with an Ash Wednesday song. #MusicSky #NOLA
Galactic - Ash Wednesday Sunrise (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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February 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
I know I fell behind on my #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay, and I'll catch up on that when I get home, and I'll include links to the Daily parades that I missed. The videos are available on YouTube, so you can watch them forever.
February 18, 2026 at 2:50 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
Here's today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay from Big Al and the Heavyweights. #NOLA #MusicSky youtu.be/e2--kbuqQp8
Hey Hey Mardi Gras
YouTube video by Big Al and the Heavyweights - Topic
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February 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is a little #Canjun ditty that Steve Riley, Steve Earle, and The Faquetaique Mardi Gras did in season two of HBO's Treme. #MusicSky #NOLA #MardiGras
Steve Riley - "La Danse De Mardi Gras" (From Treme Season 2 Soundtrack)
YouTube video by Rounder Records
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February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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
YouTube video by Big Sam's Funky Nation
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February 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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
YouTube video by Rebirth Brass Band - Topic
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February 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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
YouTube video by The Meters - Topic
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February 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
Today's #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay is from the most excellent Leigh Harris of the #NOLA band Lil' Queenie & The Percolators. #MusicSky #MardiGras
My Dawlin' New Orleans
YouTube video by Lil' Queenie & The Percolators - Topic
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February 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
While I have a #MardiGrasSongOfTheDay (naturally), I woke up with The Wild Tchoupitoulas as my #MorningEarworm. #MusicSky
Big Chief Got A Golden Crown
YouTube video by The Wild Tchoupitoulas - Topic
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February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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)
YouTube video by Professor Longhair - Topic
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February 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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
YouTube video by Earl King - Topic
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February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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
jmhardin.bsky.social
#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)
YouTube video by Wolfgang's Funk & Reggae
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February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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
YouTube video by themetersfunk
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February 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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
YouTube video by James Booker - Topic
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February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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
YouTube video by Bob R
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January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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)
YouTube video by Marcia Ball - Topic
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January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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)
YouTube video by THE HEHR ARCHIVE
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January 28, 2026 at 5:17 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
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)
YouTube video by The Meters - Topic
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January 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
jmhardin.bsky.social
#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
YouTube video by Leigh Harris Little Queenie
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January 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM