Big Freedia and Boyfriend

Think of this as a remix. Last year, I interviewed New Orleans
bounce artist Big Freedia for an episode about his Christmas
music including the EP he released last season, Smokin' Santa
Christmas.


In early January, I interviewed New Orleans' founder of "rap
cabaret" Boyfriend about Amy Grant's A Christmas Album. We also
talked about her work with Big Freedia--a part of the
conversation I saved because the Amy Grant conversation was a
full episode on its own. (Boyfriend has also appeared on the show
to talk about her love of The Carpenters.)


So this week, I've pulled the two interviews together, combining
highlights of the Big Freedia interview with Boyfriend's behind
the scenes point of view, and I've included a short digression
into Boyfriend's first Christmas song, a version of "You're a
Mean One, Mr. Grinch" with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.


This episode also includes another call-back. When I interviewed
Calexico's Joey Burns, we talked about the Spanish language
Christmas song, "Mi Burrito Sabanero," which they performed with
singer Gabi Moreno on their Seasonal Shift.


This week, I go through some of the recorded highlights of the
song's history, though they really don't make it any clearer why
that song has developed a seasonal following in Miami. 


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