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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Swenson has been a syndicated columnist for more than 20 years at UPI and Reuters. His account of musicians returning to New Orleans after Katrina, "The Bands Played On," appeared in Da Capo's Best Music Writing 2007; his "Every Accordionist a King" won the 2008 Best Entertainment Feature award from the Press Club of New Orleans. Swenson has been an editor for Crawdaddy, Rolling Stone, Circus, Rock World, Offbeat, and other publications. He is the author of The Rolling Stone Jazz and Blues Album Guide (Random House, 1999); Stevie Wonder (Plexus, 1989); and Bill Haley: The Daddy of Rock and Roll (Stein and Day, 1985).
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Table of Contents 1. Voice of the Wetlands 2. African Americans and Indians 3. The Constantinople of the New World 4. Sad night in Jackson Square 5. Return of the Spirits 6. Let It Go 7. Don't Let Them Wash Us Away 8. Reality Check 9. Don't Take My Picture 10. Musicians Strike Back at Violence 11. I am New Orleans 12. Shorty on the Block 13. The Armstrong Legacy 14. Cold in the Trailer 15. If I Can Help Somebody 16. Baghdad on the Mississippi 17. Brown Baby Dead in the Water 18. On the Fringes 19. City That Care Forgot 20. Wild and Free 21. Saving at the Bank of Soul 22. It Ain't Just the Suit 23. Bourbon Street Blues 24. Snooks Flies Away 25. Ghosts of Traditional Jazz 26. New Blood 27. Jazz Fest turns 40 28. New Atlantis 29. McDermott's Duets 30. Cyril's Nightmare 31. The Wizard of Piety Street 32. Blues Come Down Like Rain 33. Cyril Comes Full Crcle 34. Marching In
Table of Contents 1. Voice of the Wetlands 2. African Americans and Indians 3. The Constantinople of the New World 4. Sad night in Jackson Square 5. Return of the Spirits 6. Let It Go 7. Don't Let Them Wash Us Away 8. Reality Check 9. Don't Take My Picture 10. Musicians Strike Back at Violence 11. I am New Orleans 12. Shorty on the Block 13. The Armstrong Legacy 14. Cold in the Trailer 15. If I Can Help Somebody 16. Baghdad on the Mississippi 17. Brown Baby Dead in the Water 18. On the Fringes 19. City That Care Forgot 20. Wild and Free 21. Saving at the Bank of Soul 22. It Ain't Just the Suit 23. Bourbon Street Blues 24. Snooks Flies Away 25. Ghosts of Traditional Jazz 26. New Blood 27. Jazz Fest turns 40 28. New Atlantis 29. McDermott's Duets 30. Cyril's Nightmare 31. The Wizard of Piety Street 32. Blues Come Down Like Rain 33. Cyril Comes Full Crcle 34. Marching In
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