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New Atlantis : musicians battle for the survival of New Orleans /

At its most intimate level, music heals our emotional wounds and inspires us. At its most public, it unites people across cultural boundaries. But can it rebuild a city? That's the central question posed in New Atlantis, journalist John Swenson's beautifully detailed account of the musical...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swenson, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Voice of the wetlands
  • African Americans and Indians
  • The Constantinople of the New World
  • Sad night in Jackson Square
  • Return of the spirits
  • Let it go
  • Don't let them wash us away
  • Reality check
  • Don't take my picture
  • Musicians strike back at violence
  • I am New Orleans
  • Shorty on the block
  • The Armstrong legacy
  • Cold in the trailer
  • If I can help somebody
  • Baghdad on the Mississippi
  • Brown baby dead in the water
  • On the fringes
  • City that care forgot
  • Wild and free
  • Saving at the bank of soul
  • It ain't just the suit
  • Bourbon Street blues
  • Snooks flies away
  • Ghosts of traditional jazz
  • New blood
  • Jazz fest turns 40
  • New Atlantis
  • Mcdermott's duets
  • Cyril's nightmare
  • The wizard of Piety Street
  • Blues come down like rain
  • Cyril comes full circle
  • Marching in.