MAY 13, 2022 | David Johnson, digital media editor of OffBeat, interviewed two female vocalists paying tribute to legends from both rock and country music. In this first half hour of this program, Broadway singer Leslie McDonel describes taking on the role of Janis Joplin in the musical “A Night With Janis Joplin!” at Le Petit Théâtre Du Vieux Carré. In the second half of the program, Nashville-based singer Shannon McNally, formerly of New Orleans, discusses her latest album, The Waylon Sessions, featuring her distinctive take of songs by Waylon Jennings.

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