Tanya Mosley

I'm Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air. At a time of sound bites and short attention spans, our show is all about the deep dive. We do long-form interviews with people behind the best in film, books, TV, music, and journalism. Here our guests open up about their process and their lives in ways you've never heard before. Listen to the Fresh Air podcast from NPR and WHYY.

I'm Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air. At a time of sound bites and short attention spans, our show is all about the deep dive. We do long-form interviews with people behind the best in film, books, TV, music, and journalism. Here our guests open up about their process and their lives in ways you've never heard before. Listen to the Fresh Air podcast from NPR and WHYY.

I'm Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air. At a time of sound bites and short attention spans, our show is all about the deep dive. We do long-form interviews with people behind the best in film, books, TV, music, and journalism. Here our guests open up about their process and their lives in ways you've never heard before. Listen to the Fresh Air podcast from NPR and WHYY.

I'm Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air. At a time of sound bites and short attention spans, our show is all about the deep dive. We do long-form interviews with people behind the best in film, books, TV, music, and journalism. Here our guests open up about their process and their lives in ways you've never heard before. Listen to the Fresh Air podcast from NPR and WHYY.

From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, we're joined by a New Orleans institution, clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchins. She's got several nicknames, Lady Louie, Queen Clarinet, and Miss Satchmo, all after her biggest idol, Louis Armstrong. Like the jazz great, Doreen has the gift of hitting long, high notes.

From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, we're joined by a New Orleans institution, clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchins. She's got several nicknames, Lady Louie, Queen Clarinet, and Miss Satchmo, all after her biggest idol, Louis Armstrong. Like the jazz great, Doreen has the gift of hitting long, high notes.

From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, we're joined by a New Orleans institution, clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchins. She's got several nicknames, Lady Louie, Queen Clarinet, and Miss Satchmo, all after her biggest idol, Louis Armstrong. Like the jazz great, Doreen has the gift of hitting long, high notes.

She and her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, have performed on the corner of Royal and St. Peter Street in the French Quarter for almost four decades. And we'll also talk with Natasha Rothwell. She returns to HBO's The White Lotus as Belinda, a spa manager who was duped in season one by a wealthy visitor played by Jennifer Coolidge.

She and her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, have performed on the corner of Royal and St. Peter Street in the French Quarter for almost four decades. And we'll also talk with Natasha Rothwell. She returns to HBO's The White Lotus as Belinda, a spa manager who was duped in season one by a wealthy visitor played by Jennifer Coolidge.

She and her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, have performed on the corner of Royal and St. Peter Street in the French Quarter for almost four decades. And we'll also talk with Natasha Rothwell. She returns to HBO's The White Lotus as Belinda, a spa manager who was duped in season one by a wealthy visitor played by Jennifer Coolidge.

And book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Last Scene, a book about newly freed Black Americans in the 1860s, who took out ads to find lost family members. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

And book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Last Scene, a book about newly freed Black Americans in the 1860s, who took out ads to find lost family members. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

And book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Last Scene, a book about newly freed Black Americans in the 1860s, who took out ads to find lost family members. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. And if you're ever in the French Quarter in New Orleans, chances are you've spotted my guest today, clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchins. For over 30 years, she's performed on the corner of Royal and St. Peter Street, four days a week, sometimes 12 hours a day, with her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans.

This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. And if you're ever in the French Quarter in New Orleans, chances are you've spotted my guest today, clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchins. For over 30 years, she's performed on the corner of Royal and St. Peter Street, four days a week, sometimes 12 hours a day, with her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans.

This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. And if you're ever in the French Quarter in New Orleans, chances are you've spotted my guest today, clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchins. For over 30 years, she's performed on the corner of Royal and St. Peter Street, four days a week, sometimes 12 hours a day, with her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans.

Doreen Ketchins has many nicknames, Lady Louie, Queen Clarinet, and Miss Satchmo, nods to her passionate performances of Dixieland and traditional jazz, and for her ability to hit and hold high notes for long periods of time, like the great trumpeteer Louis Armstrong. Ketchins has performed for four U.S. presidents, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter.

Doreen Ketchins has many nicknames, Lady Louie, Queen Clarinet, and Miss Satchmo, nods to her passionate performances of Dixieland and traditional jazz, and for her ability to hit and hold high notes for long periods of time, like the great trumpeteer Louis Armstrong. Ketchins has performed for four U.S. presidents, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter.

Doreen Ketchins has many nicknames, Lady Louie, Queen Clarinet, and Miss Satchmo, nods to her passionate performances of Dixieland and traditional jazz, and for her ability to hit and hold high notes for long periods of time, like the great trumpeteer Louis Armstrong. Ketchins has performed for four U.S. presidents, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter.

And initially, she played classical clarinet before her late husband, Lawrence Ketchins, introduced her to jazz while the two were students at Loyola University. Lawrence was an accomplished musician in his own right, too. As part of Doreen's band, he played the tuba, valve trombone, drums, and piano, becoming a major attraction for his ability to play the sousaphone and drums at the same time.