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Musicians March Silently Through New Orleans

Post-Katrina hard times in the Big Easy threaten legendary jazz scene

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 27, 2007 1:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – The battered post-Katrina economy drove jazz musicians into the streets of New Orleans yesterday, holding instruments silent at their sides in what they termed a “solidarity march.” Ninety percent of city musicians were living at or below the poverty line even before the... Read full story »

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