The social construction of a music Mecca: ‘Goin’ home’, New Orleans and international New Orleans jazz revivalism

New Orleans

From the Departments of Human Genetics, Biochemistry, and Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta Address for correspondence and reprints: Dr. Stephen Warren, Department of HumanGenetics, 615Michael Street, EmoryUniversity SchoolofMedicine, Atlanta, GA 30322. E-mail: [email protected] * Previously presented at the annual meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics, in New...

HEALing in New Orleans

A year ago Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi, leaving devastation in its wake—whole communities ripped from their foundations, the displacement of thousands of people from their homes, and a flood of contamination and potential health hazards to be faced. As part of environmental health teams that responded to the disaster, each of us was able to ...

Bounce: Rap Music and Cultural Survival in New Orleans

For the past five years, I have been engaged with the rap music scene of New Orleans, where a local subgenre called "bounce" has coexisted with more mainstream expressions since the early 1990s. Bounce is a form of rap music that is heavily oriented towards dancing, which uses particular sonic markers in the form of samples and tempi as well as a call-and-response form of rapping based upon hoo...

Crohn’s Disease and New Orleans

Big charity in New Orleans.

In September 2005, Charity Hospital in New Orleans, the oldest continually operating hospital in the US and the safety net for the poorest patients in one of the poorest cities in America, was closed by a hurricane. It is closed for good. ‘Too far gone’ is the recurring phrase in the news. There is brave talk about rebuilding at another site, but the appetite in this country for public hospital...