It’s happened twice, once at the beginning of my trip and again as my time in New Orleans draws to a close. A small child – in both cases a black boy – randomly wandered up to me and gave me a big hug (at kneecap level), in each case to the embarrassment of their...
FoodMusicJustice Archive
About The FoodMusicJustice Project
In the dark years after the failure of the US Army Corps of Engineers levees (don’t call it Katrina), Jazz on the Tube produced a few hundred short articles in support of New Orleans. We also shot a lot of original video.
Unfortunately, hackers destroyed most of this site while we were focused on other matters and much of this priceless archival work was lost.
We’re in the process of trying to reconstruct it, a laborious and expensive process.
What we have been able to salvage so far were notes about our “Manchester Loves New Orleans” Project. The goal was to stimulate musical and artistic exchanges between the UK’s hippest music city and New Orleans.
The two cities have strong historical connections. If you throw Liverpool into the mix, the case can be made that modern pop music was invented by a collaboration between these two places.
– Ken McCarthy
FoodMusicJustice
Love knows no bounds – New Orleans
New Orleans is a tale of two cities. If you live on the rim of the bowl – Uptown, the Garden District, the French Quarter, and a few other lucky spots – life is pretty good. In fact, during the winter months through about now, I’d be hard pressed to find a more...
Creole Wild West
Creole Wild West – the oldest Mardi Gras Indian tribe. How far back to they go? Don’t answer so quick. It’s popular to say that the Mardi Gras Indian movement started in reaction to a visit by Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show to New Orleans. That may have given some...
Evan Christopher & Django a la Creole New Orleans
Caught Evan Christopher at Snug Harbor. The word is “sublime.” His albums: * Django à la Creole – NEW * Delta Bound * Road to Romance * Hottest clarinet/This side of Evan
New Orleans missing trees
Between wind damage and the long term soaking they suffered as the result of the Army Corps of Engineers levee failures, New Orleans’ trees took a tremendous hit in 2005. Tulane University estimates the city lost 75% of its trees, so many in fact that their...
Thelonious Monk