Roots & Branches 29: New Direction

Part Two of “Herlin Riley Plays for Powers of the Most High” features converations with the drummer by Don Paul and Maryse Déjean where Herlin reveals more of what moves his playing, interspersed with tracks from Herlin’s 2005 Cream Of The Crescent and 2016 New Direction albums plus songs by Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, the TBC Brass Band, James Black, John Boudreaux, and Earl Palmer as well as a poem by q.r. hand.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

NEW DIRECTION

ROOTS & BRANCHES 29

Don Paul, Spiritual: New Orleans, December 28, 2018 [19018]

Herlin Riley Conversation with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

Ray Charles: The Sun Has Died

Louis Armstrong: After She’s Gone

Aretha Franklin: Spirit In The Dark

Herlin Riley Conversation with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

TBC Brass Band: Second-Line Rhythms

Herlin Riley Conversation with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

James Blac: Monkey Puzzle >

Eddie Bo: Hook And Sling

Lee Dorsey: Riverboat”

AFO Executivess: WYLD

Dr. John: I Walk On Gilded Splinters

Earl Palmer Medley

Smokey Johnson

Idris Muhammad.

Herlin Riley Conversation with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

Herlin Riley: from New Direction and Cream Of The Crescent

q. r. hand: All Asound Us

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Don Paul for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Don Paul at Sticking Up For Kids in New Orleans

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2019 Don Paul. Used with permission.

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