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Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans
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Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans Hardcover - 2011

by Keith Spera


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The recent history of New Orleans is fraught with tragedy and triumph. Both are reflected in the city's vibrant, idiosyncratic music community. In Keith Spera's intimately reported Groove Interrupted, Aaron Neville returns to New Orleans for the first time after Hurricane Katrina to bury his wife. Fats Domino improbably rambles around Manhattan to promote a post-Katrina tribute CD. Alex Chilton lives anonymously in a battered cottage in the Treme neighborhood. Platinum-selling rapper Mystikal rekindles his career after six years in prison. Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard struggles to translate Katrina into music. The spotlight also shines on Allen Toussaint, Pete Fountain, Gatemouth Brown, the Rebirth Brass Band, Phil Anselmo, Juvenile, Jeremy Davenport and the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. With heartache, hope, humor and resolve, each of these contemporary narratives stands on its own. Together, they convey that the funky, syncopated spirit of New Orleans music is unbreakable, in spite of Katrina's interruption.

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  • Title Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans
  • Author Keith Spera
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 2011-08-02
  • ISBN 9780312552251 / 0312552254
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
    • Locality: New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Library of Congress subjects Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Disaster victims - Louisiana - New Orleans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011010122
  • Dewey Decimal Code 780.922

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2011, Page 11
  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/15/2011, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 07/01/2011, Page 82
  • Men's Journal, 07/01/2011, Page 80
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/20/2011, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 08/02/2011, Page 0

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KEITH SPERA writes about music for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. In 2006, he was a member of the newspaper's Pulitzer Prize-winning Hurricane Katrina coverage team. He has also contributed to Rolling Stone, Vibe, Blender, LA Weekly, Garden & Gun and numerous documentaries. He lives in his native New Orleans with his wife and two young children
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