Gwen Thompkins takes a temporary break from hosting Music Inside Out
The public radio program
Music Inside Out with Gwen Thompkins, which since 2012 has featured in-depth interviews with some of the best practitioners of New Orleans music on WWNO-FM and later WRKF-FM, will leave the air June 1, but only for a little while.
Thompkins will use the hiatus to compile a book that draws from the nearly 100 interviews she’s conducted. She plans to return with the show in 2022. But that doesn’t mean that Thompkins’ fans will lack for her insightful, on-air interviews. They will have “Back by Popular Demand—the Music Inside Out Sessions,” a series of monthly radio stories about musicians and music presenters as live entertainment venues reopen nationwide. Thompkins will host the series, which will air on a variety of WWNO and WRKF programs.