Article: Singing for the city; Social Club keeping New Orleans music and hope alive

THE NEW ORLEANS SOCIAL CLUB

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Six weeks after Hurricane Katrina forever changed New Orleans -- which happened two years ago this Wednesday -- a group of the city's esteemed musicians and singers gathered in Austin, Texas, to record an album that wound up being a therapy session for everyone involved.

Nearly all the performers had been displaced to various cities around the country, where they sat wondering if they had seen the last of the New Orleans music they knew and loved.

Meanwhile, New York producer Leo Sacks, who also had strong ties to New Orleans, was pondering the same ...

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