New Orleans: Rebuild Restore Rejoice / Variou (2006)

Product Summary Label: Mardi Gras Records UPC: 00096094510426 Release Date: 10/20/2006 Buy.com Sku: 203141792 Item#: M39T2M Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. It Ain't My Fault - Dejan's Olympia Brass Band ~ Various Artists 2. I Ate Up The Apple Tree - Rebirth Brass Band ~ Various Artists 3. Shake It And Break It - Magnificent Sevenths ~ Various Artists 4. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Big Al Carson ~ Various Artists 5. Shake A Hand - Marva Wright ~ Various Artists 6. Ruler Of My Heart - Irma Thomas ~ Various Artists 7. Bald Head - Professor Longhair ~ Various Artists 8. I'm A Girl Watcher - Beau Jocque ~ Various Artists 9. Let Your Mind Be Free - Soul Rebels ~ Various Artists 10. Just Chillin' - Magnificent Sevenths ~ Various Artists 11. Wade In The River - Dejan's Olympia Brass Band ~ Various Artists 12. Feel So Good - Magnificent Sevenths ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Beyond the obvious connection of the title, New Orleans: Rebuild Restore Rejoice doesn't draw any direct lines to the devastation wrought by the landfall of Hurricane Katrina at summer's close in 2005, which doesn't mean that these tracks recorded by various artists on the Mardi Gras Records roster aren't a reflection of life after the storm. Track after track reaches for joy and rebirth as if nothing else really mattered, and if Katrina as a benchmark is never mentioned, it probably doesn't have to be. Highlights include a pair of wonderfully loose and joyous second-line pieces from Dejan's Olympia Brass Band ("It Ain't My Fault" and "Wade in the Water"), Irma Thomas' elegant "Ruler of My Heart," and Beau Jocque's odd rockin' zydeco version of "I'm a Girl Watcher." Made especially poignant by the fallout from Katrina, this little sampler is made powerfully compelling by the sheer joy and hope for the future sketched out in these tracks. ~ Steve Leggett   Technical Info Release Date : 10/31/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 5104 Label : Mardi Gras Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00096094510426    Related Videos Randy Jackson: Randy Jack...