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AFTER THE STORM: KATRINA AT 15
15 years ago the levees failed after Hurricane Katrina and covered 80% of New Orleans in water. The Federal flood left a human and ecological disaster in its wake. We take a look back at the catastrophe, recovery and renewed hope for the culture of the Crescent City with Dr. John, Irma Thomas, the Rebirth Brass Band and Allen Toussaint and archival audio from our first broadcast After the Storm in September 2005.
image of Fats Domino’s house in the Lower Ninth Ward, four months after Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Minor Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes recording, - Louisiana 1927 Randy Newman
Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1., Nonesuch - I Think It's Going to Rain Today Irma Thomas
Simply Grand, Rounder - Segment: Dave Spizale of KRVS and the Cajun Flotilla
Listen - L'Ouragon BeauSoleil
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Tou' les jours c'est pas la meme Carol Fran
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Instrumental: "Down By the Riverside" Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Funeral For A Friend, Ropeadope - Wade in the River Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
New Orleans: Rebuild, Restore, Rejoice, Mardi Gras - Segment: Keith and Phil Frazier of Rebirth Brass Band, 2005
Listen - Segment: Phil Frazier of Rebirth Brass Band at Treme Sidewalk Steppers Secondline, 2007
Listen - Quarantine and Chill Shamarr Allen
Quarantine and Chill Single, - Walk Through the Streets of the City Joe Lastie and the Lastie Family Gospel
Joe Lastie and the Lastie Family Gospel, Preservation Hall - Instrumental: Just a Closer Walk with Thee Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch - Who's Gonna Help A Brother Get Further Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
The River in Reverse, Verve - Segment: Allen Toussaint in 2005
Listen - Yes We Can Can Allen Toussaint
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Closing Bed: Minor Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes recording,
HOUR two
- Open Bed: We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City Treme Brass Band
New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City, Smithsonian Folkways - Do You Know What it Means To Miss New Orleans Louis Armstrong
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, BMG - Backwater Blues Irma Thomas
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Segment: Irma Thomas at her house in New Orleans East, 2007
Listen - Didn't it Rain Mahalia Jackson
The Apollo Sessions 1946-54, West Side - Down by the Riverside Dr. Michael White
Dancing in the Sky, Basin Street - Instrumental: Katrina, Katrina James Andrews and Friends
New Orleans, New Orleans, self-release - So New Orleans Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
Jazz Party!, Troubadour Jass Records - Going Back to New Orleans Deacon John
Deacon John's Jump Blues: Music from the Film, Image - Segment: Smokey Johnson & Helen Gillet Musician's Village in 2010
Listen - It Ain't My Fault Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz and Trombone Shorty
Gulf Aid AllStars, Preservation Hall - Instrumental: Blues for New Orleans Duke Ellington
New Orleans Suite, Columbia - Make a Better World James Booker
Junco Partner, Rykodisc - World I Never Made Dr. John
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Segment: Dr. John in 2008
Listen - Segment: Eddie Bo in 2005
Listen - When the Saints Go Marching In Eddie Bo
American Routes Original Recording, - Walkin' to New Orleans Fats Domino
A Lot of Dominos, Capitol - Closing Bed: Wade in the Water Dr. John
Dr John Plays Mac Rebennack: Legendary Sessions, Volume 2, Clean Cuts Music
