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Leonard Lopate hosts an hour-long special featuring selections from “Parting the Waters," The New Yorker magazine’s September 24th benefit for the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund. The benefit is a celebration of the artistic culture of the Bayou, with musicians, actors and writers from the Gulf Coast region.

» Slideshow: Photos from "Parting the Waters"

Lineup and Music:
Eddy Davis and his New Orleans Jazz Band featuring Woody Allen – “Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya” by Johnny Dodds
The ReBirth Brass Band – “I Feel Like Funkin’ It Up, Part II” by The ReBirth Brass Band
Queen Ida and Her Zydeco Band – “Mardi Gras” by Queen Ida
Calvin Trillin – ‘New Orleans-world’ commentary
Walter “Wolfman” Washington – “Funk is In the House” by Larry Carter/Luca Fredericksen
Eddy Davis and his New Orleans Jazz Band featuring Woody Allen – “Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya” by Johnny Dodds
Kevin Kline – “Louisiana 1927” by Randy Newman
Richard Ford – Reading from Eudora Welty’s “No Place for You, My Love”
Elvis Costello – “The River in Reverse” by Elvis Costello
Allen Toussaint – “Amazing Grace / Brick Yard Blues” by Traditional / Allen Toussaint
Eddy Davis and his New Orleans Jazz Band featuring Woody Allen – “Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya” by Johnny Dodds
Patricia Clarkson – Reading of Tennessee Williams’ Letters
David Byrne and Les Misérables Brass Band – Excerpt from The Knee Plays from Robert Wilson’s theater piece, The CIVIL warS. Music by David Byrne
Buckwheat Zydeco – “Walking to New Orleans” by Dave Bartholomew/Fats Domino/Robert Guidry. And an additional Buckwheat Zydeco song