After the Storm IX: Katrina's Second Anniversary

Two years after levee failure submerged much of New Orleans, we walk through the streets of the city with an eye towards rebuilding and repopulating. Irma Thomas, the Soul Queen of New Orleans, leads us through the renovations of her once-devastated home and the recording of her Grammy-winning post-Katrina album. Join in the second line as we take you to a street parade with New Orleans’ own James Andrews and members of the Rebirth Brass Band. Finally, celebrate on stage with the oldest-working New Orleans musician as trumpeter and retired tinsmith Lionel Ferbos makes 96!

HOUR ONE

Yes We Can Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can, Raven

99 1/2 Won't Do Mighty Chariots of Fire
The New Orleans Social Club: Sing Me Back Home, Burgundy/Sony

Backwater Blues James 'Blood' Ulmer
Bad Blood in the City, Hyena

Instrumental: Backwater Blues Edgar Hayes and the Stardusters with Lloyd Glenn
The Swingtime Records Story, Capricorn

INTERVIEW: Irma Thomas

Shelter in the Rain Irma Thomas
After the Rain, Rounder

Working on The Building Highway Q.C.'s
The Roots of Bob Dylan, Mojo

Trouble in Mind Sam Cooke
The Rhythm and the Blues, RCA

In the Sweet Bye and Bye Rebirth Marching Jazz Band
New Orleans Brass Bands: Down Yonder, Rounder

Instrumental: City of A Million Dreams Lionel Ferbos & Dennis Browne
Place of My Dreams, GBH

INTERVIEW: Lionel Ferbos

Didn't It Rain? Louis Armstrong
Louis and the Angels / Louis and the Good Book, MCA UK

Louisiana 1927 Randy Newman
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1, Nonesuch

Walking to New Orleans Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family

End Bed: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Henry Butler
American Routes original recording

Down by the Riverside Dr. Michael White
Dancing in the Sky, Basin Street

HOUR TWO

Old Man River The Ravens
Old Man River, Savoy Jazz

Proud Mary Ike and Tina Turner
Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner, EMI

Fortunate Son Ivan Neville
The New Orleans Social Club: Sing Me Back Home, Burgundy/Sony

Born on the Bayou Creedence Clearwater Revival
Chronicle, Volume Two, Fantasy

Instrumental: Lake Arthur Stomp David Doucet
1957, Rounder

INTERVIEW: David Doucet

L 'Ouragon (The Hurricane) BeauSoleil
Live in Louisiana, Way Down in Louisiana

Je Vas Revenir Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
Play the Zydeco, GNP

Instrumental: The Lost Souls (of Southern Louisiana) Dirty Dozen Brass Ban
Open Up: Whatcha Gonna Do For the Rest of Your Life, Columbia

SEGMENT: Treme Sidewalk Steppers Second Line Parade

When the Saints Go Marching In Eddie Bo
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch

Going Back to New Orleans Deacon John
Deacon John's Jump Blues: Music from the Film, Image

End Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
American Routes original recording

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