American Routes: radio show from New Orleans
Monday, 9–11 am: For four months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, American Routes stayed on the air in the French Louisiana city of Lafayette. In this two-hour special, host Nick Spitzer revisits many artists who were displaced by the storms—including Allen Toussaint, Irma
Thomas, David and Michael Doucet, and Aaron Neville. Plus, music and conversation by Wynton Marsalis and Ghanaian master dummer Yacub Addy, recorded live in New Orleans’s famed Congo Square.
I’m listening to the Labor Day show of this excellent music program. It’s outstanding, and they just played one of my favorite songs after an interview with Beausoleil’s Michael Doucet.
The theme of today’s show is, of course, Katrina and the aftermath, and New Orleans music. Good stuff, Maynard. The segment recorded live in Congo Square just started – it sounded like an amazing, amazing show.
iTunes: Beausoleil: L’ouragon (The Hurricane): Our New Orleans [3:55]