November 18, 2022 | Beat Café is a weekly program on WHIV 102.3 FM that explores the music scene in New Orleans and the broader reach of Louisiana hosted by David Johnson, digital media editor for OffBeat Magazine. The program is broadcast every Friday from 1 to 2 p.m. Central.

This week’s episode featured an interview with Lou Hill, founding member of the soul-funk group Water Seed. The band is releasing a new EP combined with a comic book, all part of a project titled Sound of the Wasteland.

The second half of the program featured a conversation with Mahmoud Chouki, guitar player and multi-instrumentalist specializing in string instruments from North Africa and the Middle Eat. Chouki has been in New Orleans since 2017 and has played with a flurry of established figures since joining the scene.