Tuesday, February 05, 2008

02/05/2008 NOLA News

In the Music of New Orleans, Katrina Leaves Angry Edge
New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
A house he had just built was destroyed in the hurricane. There has always been more to New Orleans music than its nonchalant facade. ...
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Mardi Gras beat stronger post-Katrina
USA Today - USA
By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY NEW ORLEANS — As New Orleans rebuilds more than two years after Hurricane Katrina, its annual Mardi Gras celebrations, ...
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Harry Connick Jr. Releases New Orleans Tribute CD
Voice of America - USA
Connick says, "Well, I remember right after Hurricane Katrina, Branford Marsalis, who's a dear friend for many years, we would drive into Houston to go see ...
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Comeback for black Mardi Gras traditions
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Then, in 2005 the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina scattered the black community of downtown New Orleans across the country. But the celebration of Mardi ...
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Fat Tuesday Kicks Off New Orleans Partying
NBC6.net - Miami,FL,USA
For the third time since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is celebrating Mardi Gras with all the colors, costumes and cocktails. ...
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Vanishing City: Post-Katrina Redevelopment Excludes “poor and ...
The Women's International Perspective - Monterey,CA,USA
by Michelle Chen It took Kawana Jasper over a year, and all the stubborn will she could muster, to get back to New Orleans. Broke and exhausted, she arrived ...
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Recent CD releases replicate magic of Mardis Gras
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Chief among these is the stunning box set by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Made in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions, a collection of tracks by the ...
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Revelers usher in Mardi Gras in New Orleans
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
It appears to have bounced back strongly since Hurricane Katrina flooded more than 80 percent of the city in August 2005. On Monday, unseasonably warm ...
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