Cyril Neville

The Wild Tchoupitoulas was an all-star band that celebrated the music of a New Orleans institution--the Mardis Gras Indians.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, better known as Jazzfest, kicks off this week. We find out if music from that city risks being forgotten almost four years after Hurricane Katrina. We talk with jazz critic Larry Blumenfeld and the New Orleans percussionist and vocalist Cyril Neville.

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