Description |
1 online resource (viii, 284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Contents |
Voice of the wetlands -- African Americans and Indians -- The Constantinople of the New World -- Sad night in Jackson Square -- Return of the spirits -- Let it go -- Don't let them wash us away -- Reality check -- Don't take my picture -- Musicians strike back at violence -- I am New Orleans -- Shorty on the block -- The Armstrong legacy -- Cold in the trailer -- If I can help somebody -- Baghdad on the Mississippi -- Brown baby dead in the water -- On the fringes -- City that care forgot -- Wild and free -- Saving at the bank of soul -- It ain't just the suit -- Bourbon Street blues -- Snooks flies away -- Ghosts of traditional jazz -- New blood -- Jazz fest turns 40 -- New Atlantis -- Mcdermott's duets -- Cyril's nightmare -- The wizard of Piety Street -- Blues come down like rain -- Cyril comes full circle -- Marching in |
Summary |
At its most intimate level, music heals our emotional wounds and inspires us. At its most public, it unites people across cultural boundaries. But can it rebuild a city? That's the central question posed in New Atlantis, journalist John Swenson's beautifully detailed account of the musical artists working to save America's most colorful and troubled metropolis: New Orleans. The city has been threatened with extinction many times during its three-hundred-plus-year history by fire, pestilence, crime, flood, and oil spills. Working for little money and in spite of having lost their own homes and |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Music -- Political aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
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Music -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
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Musicians -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
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MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
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Music -- Political aspects
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Music -- Social aspects
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Musicians
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Louisiana -- New Orleans
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780199781454 |
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0199781451 |
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1283134314 |
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9781283134316 |
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9786613134318 |
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6613134317 |
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9780199779581 |
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0199779589 |
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