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The band that came back: music from the To Be Continued Brass Band of New Orleans
There’s been a lot of talk about the ‘threatened culture’ of post-Katrina New Orleans. Brass bands helped drive the city’s musical and street cultures, and are a direct measure of New Orleans’ post-Katrina health. We take a listen to one band’s story in interviews from a just-released documentary called ‘From the Mouthpiece on Back.’