Music is to me the perfect expression of the soul.
- Robert Schumann
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words
and that which cannot remain silent.
- Victor Hugo
Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact nothing
among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine.
It brings us near to the infinite.
- Thomas Carlyle
(Ashleigh Austin's Personal Collection) Click thumbnail for full size view
Fate Marable and his band play on the S.S. Sydney
on the Mississippi River in 1918. Marable is at the
piano and young Louis Armstrong is seated left of him.
(Courtesy the Louisiana State Museum)
Publisher: Dover 1979
Proceeds from Fats Domino's latest album will help to benefit both
his 9th Ward neighborhood as well as the Tipitina's Foundation.
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New Orleans' own Aaron Neville sings "Louisiana 1927"
on his
"Warm Your Heart" album. No one can sing this song quite like
Aaron Neville. This deeply heartfelt song is about the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 that epitomizes the history of the struggle South Louisiana has had with flooding devastation. Click below for more about Aaron Neville.
On 10-3-05, two New Orleans great soul legends, Allen Toussaint and Irma Thomas, appeared on NBC TODAY show's coverage of their Katrina Habitat for Humanity project. Their 1st home was given to a family in Slidell, Louisiana. Allen Toussaint and Irma Thomas are featured artists on the "I Believe to My Soul" CD for which $10 is being donated to the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Recovery fund. Click below for more about these artists:
