Many musicians also had to leave New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, so there was a fear that the city's musical culture could be lost. Then two prominent jazz musicians got together and created a ...
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) - Only six weeks after Hurricane Katrina wiped out most of New Orleans’ neighborhoods and scattered families and friends across the country. This memorial to the passing of ...
The DC Jazz Festival ends on a triumphant note with “A Night in Treme: The Musical Majesty of New Orleans.” Music director Donald Harrison has sidelined his own career to tour with musicians and ...
Nashville songwriter Pat McLaughlin hosted friends displaced by Hurricane Katrina. McLaughlin co-wrote the Grammy-winning song "I Remember Everything" with John Prine. Susan Cowsill, one of McLaughlin ...
A few years back OffBeat ran the provocative story “Is New Orleans R&B Dead?” Michael Urban has provided his own examination of the question in his new book. Urban, a rigorously disciplined academic ...
HBO’s “Treme” helped popularize Frenchmen, but the crowds were trending upward before Katrina. That growth came from tourists and others looking for nightlife first, New Orleans second, and the brass ...