Well, yeah, It's still technically the holidays, but Christmas has come and gone once again, so I've flipped the switch and decommissioned the full blown Christmas mix.

I've also added some Earl King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Louis Prima, Son House, Mose Allison, and more than 250 songs from Gov. Jimmie Davis, which accounts for more than 12 hours of the playlist. The entire playlist is now 16.5 days long, with 6,836 songs.

I went to Medicine Show 13 last night, and I'm officially in the mood for Christmas. From now until Dec. 26 (maybe longer), I'm playing nothing but Christmas tunes on Gumbo Radio.

Here's wishing you and yours a safe and happy holiday season,

Reese

It was a year ago today that I cranked up Gumbo Radio. Now there's 6,350 songs in regular rotation and over 15 days worth of music. Although the playlist revolves around Louisiana's music, it isn't limited to just songs from Louisiana. Really it's a mix of whatever I think will sound best, with Louisiana as the basis.

Last week, I set up the Gumbo Radio shop, in partnership with Amazon. I'm in the process of building it out, but right now you can search through all of Amazon's products right from the Gumbo Radio homepage. Every purchase made at Amazon through Gumbo Radio helps float a few coins my way to offset the broadcast expenses.

Within the past year, I've reconditioned my old iMac to serve as the central broadcast hub, bought a NAS drive to house the music library, and upgraded my Internet connection to LUS fiber. A few bucks have been spent along with way, in addition to the annual web hosting fees and Live365's streaming audio fees. So if you've got a paltry $5 (or even more) you're dying to part with, please consider helping defray the cost of Gumbo Radio. You can donate here or click on the donate button on the Gumbo Radio homepage.

And there's something else brewing as well. I'll let you know if it develops.

'Tis the season, so I've added some Christmas tunes to the playlist. Don't worry though, you won't be bombarded with "Feliz Navidad" or Mannheim Steamroller every other song. Right now, the Christmas tunes account for less that 5 percent of the entire playlist, only 325 out of 6,742 songs. That averages out to about one Christmas tune every hour. However, you just might hear more than one an hour. Hope you enjoy it.

I've added the playlist of tunes heard on Gumbo Radio. As I update the library, I'll also update this list, which you will always be able to find here: http://www.gumboradio.com/playlist.html. Right now there's over 6,350 songs, for about 15 and a half days worth of music, and the newest additions will always appear at the top of the list. (I just added a ton of Mahalia Jackson.) I'll be adding more to the mix before the end of the year. Hope you're enjoying it!