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Restaurant Recovery in New Orleans, from WWOZ

2007-11-07 21:00:55 by aaronhenkin in Station Showcase with PRX
 
...Orleans resident and producer for WWOZ Street Talk Download the MP3 for this week Hi, Aaron Henkin here, your host and curator for The NPR Station Showcase with PRX. This week on the podcast we check in again at WWOZ in New Orleans, where a radio series called Street Talk chronicles the ongoing struggles of the citys cultural world to rebound...
 
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Nick Jaina: Repair Is The Dream Of the Broken Thing (New Orleans, LA)

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2008-04-23 22:10:04 by Nick Jaina in local Cut
...Orleans in one day, down the entire spine of the United States, and I was still deathly ill. And actually, for awhile, being behind the steering wheel was a salve that made me feel better. I thought I could actually drive us the whole distance, but once we stopped at a restaurant or, rather, a roadhouse outside of Memphis and our meal took...
 
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Last Night: The New Orleans All-Star Jam-Balaya at the Fillmore Auditorium

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2008-08-25 10:45:18 by HASH0x8b9447c in Backbeat Online
...Orleans All-Star Jam-Balaya Fillmore Auditorium August 24 It was clear that the New Orleans All-Star Jam-Balaya, a fundraiser co-sponsored by the Friends of New Orleans featuring some of the biggest and best names in Louisiana music, differed from the typical live-performance event in Denver even before attendees entered the building. The...
 
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The Rude Pundit on New Orleans and a Message from Ken Field.

2007-05-02 13:57:00 by Chris Rich in Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog.
 
...Orleans is still a wreck, in fact it is dying Fucked New Orleans (A Series Without an End The awful news from New Orleans just starts to go on like a sickening low-frequency hum: murder , murder , murder , levee fucktardery, FEMA fucktardery, assault , assault , assault . Oh, but one hears that Jazz Fest is awfully fun this year. As long as,...
 
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Will Oldham, Members of Flobots, Fleet Foxes, Los Lobos Rock for New Orleans Musicians

2008-12-05 20:55:27 by Alex Rawls in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
 
...Orleans Thursday night. He was one of 10 musicians who visited the Crescent City for an activism workshop that concluded with Musicians Bringing Musicians Home IV, a benefit for the non-profit group Sweet Home New Orleans Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy), J. Tillman of Fleet Foxes , Nicole Atkins and Los Lobos Steve Berlin were just some of...
 
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TAVIS SMILEYS 2008 SYMPOSIUM TO FOCUS ON DEMOCRACY & ENGAGE 1,000 VOLUNTEERS TO REBUILD POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS

2008-02-21 13:02:00 by BIG CED in Everything BIG CED
 
...Orleans with SOBU Builds on Friday, Feb. 22, with volunteers working at six simultaneous community service projects in the Upper Ninth Ward, the Lower Ninth Ward, Central City, Hollygrove, New Orleans East and Broadmoor Then, Smiley will host a conversation with 24 noted politicians, educators, social scientists, business leaders and clergy...
 
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Liz McComb - The Spirit of New Orleans (review)

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2008-04-20 10:42:00 by Bob Marovich in The Black Gospel Blog
...Orleans Liz McComb GVE 2008 Available in the US on April 22, 2008 by Sunnyside/Ryko Distribution www.sunnysiderecords.com Much has been made of the symbiotic relationship between blues and gospel music, but as Liz McCombs The Spirit of New Orleans demonstrates, theres an equally strong lineage between jazz and gospel. After all, Dorseys...
 
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Lil Wayne Tickets New Orleans

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2008-12-15 09:54:57 by Editor in Lil Wayne - Articles - Zimbio
...Orleans watch Lil Wayne live at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, LA on January 11, 2009! Dont miss your chance to see one of the most popular hip-hop artists live in concert! Book your Lil Wayne tickets - New Orleans today! Click here for best deals on Lil Wayne New Orleans tickets New Orleans-raised Dirty South rapper Lil Wayne is...
 
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'Ridin' on the City of New Orleans'

2008-09-23 13:48:00 by whiteray in Echoes In The Wind
 
...Orleans, one of the best songs I can think of written about a train. If I were to select thirteen recordings about trains on their merits, a recording of City of New Orleans would be chief among them. But which recording? And there we find our dilemma The song was written by the late singer/songwriter Steve Goodman and released on his...
 
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