New Orleans MP3-annotated musical history
The MP3 blog Aurgasm has posted an MP3-annotated musical history of New Orleans. Among the featured artists are NOLA natives The Dixie Cups, Lee Dorsey, and Sidney Bechet, whose 1932 rendition of Gershwin's Summertime (MP3 link) is guaranteed to break your heart.
Link to post, which includes nearly a dozen music files, as well as a comprehensive set of links to Katrina-related MP3 roundups on other music blogs.
Image, from the US National Weather Service photo library: The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927, shot March 27 on a highway between Mounds, Illinois, and Cairo Illinois. Here are more NOAA photos from the 1927 flood which defined an earlier era of New Orleans history: Link
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