Alison Fensterstock
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The city has recovered from its fair share of disasters and displacements, but the situation it currently finds itself in is unprecedented.
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Over a career stretching back to the 1950s, Malcolm John Rebennack came to be a living symbol of the city of New Orleans and its bottomless musical character.
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New Orleans has a fairly spotty track record when it comes to preserving cultural landmarks, but Buddy Bolden's blighted former residence may avoid being lost to time, as he nearly was.
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Across several decades (and despite widespread sexism) women workers, supporters and associates shaped the story of America's most weird, colorful, sui generisrock and roll band.
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Rickie Lee Jones On The Pirates Who Inspired 'Pirates' And Returning To New OrleansThe second album by Rickie Lee Jones was released in 1981, following a breakup and the response to Jones' Grammy-winning debut, and gets its name and its concept from a band of local drug smugglers.