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How James Blood Ulmer Comforted New Orleans on 'Bad Blood in the City'

How James Blood Ulmer Comforted New Orleans on ‘Bad Blood in the City’

He may not be from NOLA, but James Blood Ulmer proved 15 years ago this week that he was a true New Orleanian at heart.

The Louisianna Superdome is surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)

Dr. John, Preservation Hall + others: Music framed initial journey past Hurricane Katrina

In the period immediately after New Orleans’ levees failed under Hurricane Katrina’s onslaught beginning on Aug. 29, 2005, musicians began trying to make sense of things.

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Remembering Katrina: Aaron Neville, "Louisiana 1927" (1991)