Born in Bogalusa, raised in Shreveport, and now living in New Orleans and Memphis, Katy Hobgood Ray has been chronicling Louisiana arts and culture since 2000. She worked as a radio host and content producer for NPR’s Red River Radio, and since 2014 has hosted the kids’ radio show and podcast "Confetti Park." As a songwriter and musician, Katy is active in multiple genres including country blues, jazz, and Americana, and has performed at such festivals as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, French Quarter Fest, the Folk Art Fest, Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo, Beignet Fest, Creole Tomato Fest, and Fête Française. She plays music with the New Orleans-based children's chorus Confetti Park Players and the Shreveport-based Friends of Lead Belly. Katy is the foremost scholar on the life of Snoozer Quinn, an early jazz guitarist and her relative. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Carleton College and a master’s degree in musicology (with an emphasis in New Orleans music) from Tulane University.