Arts and Culture - Music | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/category/music/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2008 2008-08-30T05:32:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/category/music/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Yes We Can Can http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080829_yes_we_can_can/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080829_yes_we_can_can/ anniversary, convention, democrat, denver, dnc, hurricane katrina, jazz, larry blumenfeld, mardi gras, obama, president, yes we can can, Music Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club

New Orleans has figured into this election season as a reminder of the Bush administration’s bungled, uncaring response to Katrina. Yet amid so much talk of hope and change, on this anniversary of disaster, many in New Orleans hope for a change of policy—the kind of federal assistance that can make a dent in crises of housing, public safety, education, health care and levee protection. It makes sense for musicians to kick-start that conversation.

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