Voices of New Orleans

“ In books and official reports, the tragedy of Katrina was blamed on politicians, poverty and poor engineering, as it should have been. But there was another conversation that should have happened — not about blame, but about understanding. What did regular people do before, during and after the storm? Why? And what could they have done better?” — Amanda Ripley in her book, The Unthinkable

Music Friday: Blind Boys of Alabama

by David Rutledge
February 01, 2008

Everyone who has turned to New Orleans since the levee breaks deserves to take a full four day weekend — maybe five — and celebrate Mardi Gras wherever they are now. John Edwards, David Simon, Brad and Angelina, and all those less famous souls who have helped out — forget Super Tuesday, it is time to break every social rule you can think of and make it into a party.

There is another group who has New Orleans on their minds, The Blind Boys of Alabama, who just put out an album called New Orleans.

Here is a video from that album, with plenty of scenes from our city: "Free at Last."

Happy Mardi Gras!!!


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After Katrina and its horrible aftermath, Chin Music Press felt compelled to shine its wobbly flashlight on New Orleans. This effort resulted in our second book, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Along the way, we met a community of passionate, eloquent writers who care deeply about what happens to the Big Easy. This blog became a natural extension of the book. It's our way of adding voices to the unfolding story of New Orleans.


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