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Allen Toussaint at Jazzfest in New Orleans
The annual New Orleans extravaganza known as Jazzfest kicks off this weekend. Today: how the city's musicians are struggling to stay in the spotlight, four years after Hurricane Katrina put them on the national stage. Later: Grammy winning songwriter Jesse Harris explores classic hooks and Brazilian percussion on his new album. He plays live in our studio.
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Jesse HarrisNOLA: Rebuild ... and Remember
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, better known as Jazzfest, kicks off this week. We find out if music from that city risks being forgotten almost four years after Hurricane Katrina. We talk with jazz critic Larry Blumenfeld and the New Orleans percussionist and vocalist Cyril Neville.
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Jesse Harris
Jesse Harris was the songwriter behind singer Norah Jones’ Grammy winning hit song "Don’t Know Why" and the score for actor-director Ethan Hawke’s movie "The Hottest State." As a solo artist, Harris is exploring the sounds of Burt Bacharach, Brazilian rhythms -- and everything in between. He joins us to ...
News from New Orleans
It's getting close to 4 years since the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina put the plight of New Orleans on the front page of the news. And inevitably, it has been pushed further and further down the list of daily news stories. But things in New Orleans are not yet "back ...