Music Feature

Blowing the Music Away

Tuesday 29 November 2005 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Repeated: Saturday 3 December 2005 15:30-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Hurricane Katrina demolished the fabric of New Orleans, but did it destroy its soul? Stephen Evans travels to the Big Easy to look for its musical past, present and future.

Being on the wrong side of the Mason-Dixon Line and with the opening of the railroads, New Orleans went into decline. Furthermore, its position below sea level and lack of sewerage system made it a breeding ground not just for disease, but a new kind of music - jazz.

Stephen Evans travels to the Crescent City to find out how America's first original music came out of adversity.

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