Topic: New Orleans
GET ME TO THE COTTON BOWL ON TIME!
Eternal optimists and lifelong Tulane fans like Richard Roussel never gave up on Green Wave football — and they were rewarded with the epic Goodyear Classic Cotton Bowl win in January.
Impression: Michelle Gibson
Since leaving New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Michelle Gibson has taken the city’s culture to the world through her own New Orleans second-line aesthetic, a unique blend of dance styles ranging from Afro-funk to jazz.
Impression: Jackson Smith
The resilience and community of New Orleans led Jackson Smith (SLA ’07, L ’18), a Marine Corps veteran who served in Afghanistan, to make the city his home.
LOUISIANA MUSIC PARTY
Name your favorite New Orleans and Louisiana tune could be a parlor game.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Memorable movies have been filmed on the streets of New Orleans and the Tulane campus for decades.
‘DR. DADDY-O’ DJ
Live broadcasts, interviews and radio segments, which originally aired between 1949 and 1958, by Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow for “Jivin’ with Jax” on WWEZ-AM New Orleans are now available online via the Tulane University Digital Library. These recordings represent the emergence of Black radio in New Orleans, while featuring Winslow’s work as the first African American radio disc jockey on New Orleans airwaves. They are included in the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, a division of Tulane University Special Collections.https://tulane.it/dr-daddy-o
Grecian Urn Blues
The author finds that story poets, especially country songwriters, best Romantic poets any day.
