‘To get to New Orleans you don’t pass through

  anywhere else. That geographical location, being

  aloof, lets it hold on to the ritual of its own pace

  more than other places that have to keep up with

  the progress.’

 - Allen Toissaint

Playlist

The Mekons – Memphis Egypt

Yo La Tengo – Paddle Forward

Mother Mother – The Sticks

Nick Cave – We Know Who U R

Foxygen – We Are The 21^st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic

Shara Worden and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus – High Low Middle

Fiona Apple – Werewolf

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – We The Common

Megan Reilly – To Seal My Love

Black Keys, Dr. John and the New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band – Lonely Boy

Black Keys – Meet Me In The City

Dr. John – Revolution

Bonnie Raitt – Down To You

Jim Lauderdale – I Lost The Job Of Loving You

Dr. Ralph Stanley – Old Time Pickin’

Good & Plenty Commercial

The Wedding Present – Corduroy

The Wedding Present – Dare

The Wedding Present – Dan Dare

Old 97s – Niteclub

Richard Thompson – Stuck On The Treadmill

Bottle Rockets – Radar Gun

New Race – Love Kills

Pere Ubu – Another One (Oh Maybellene)

Blitzen Trapper – Your Crying Eyes

Roky Erickson – Two Headed Dog

Games – It’s Just Impossible

Arboretum – The Long Night

Local Natives – Heavy Feet

Pissed Jeans – Romanticize Me

Night Beds – Ramona

The xx – Sunset (NPR Tiny Desk Concert)