Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album For The Gulf Coast

This 2021 remastered, expanded edition of the soul-stirring 2005 benefit album Our New Orleans includes five previously unreleased tracks as well as the original performances by Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Irma Thomas, Wild Magnolias, Buckwheat Zydeco, Randy Newman, and others. The album has thus far raised $1.5 million Habitat for Humanity’s post-Katrina rebuilding effort. "Rife with stirring performances," says the Washington Post, "Our New Orleans has the soul of the city." 

Tracklist

1. Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can Can
2. Dr. John - World I Never Made
3. Irma Thomas - Back Water Blues
4. Davell Crawford - Gather By The River
5. Buckwheat Zydeco - Cryin' In The Streets
6. Dr. Michael White - Canal Street Blues
7. Wild Magnolias - Brother John Is Gone / Herc-Jolly-John
8. Eddie Bo - When The Saints Go Marching In
9. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - My Feet Can't Fail Me Now
10. Carol Fran - Tou' les jours c'est pas la meme (Every Day Is Not the Same)
11. BeauSoleil - L'ouragon (The Hurricane)
12. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
13. Charlie Miller - Prayer for New Orleans
14. The Wardell Quezergue Orchestra (feat. Donald Harrison) - What a Wonderful World
15. Allen Toussaint - Tipitina and Me
16. Randy Newman and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra - Louisiana 1927 (with Members of the New York Philharmonic)
17. Davell Crawford - Do You Know What It Means
18. Buckwheat Zydeco & Ry Cooder - Let's Work Together
19. Dr. Michael White - Crescent City Serenade
20. Dr. John  - Walking By the River
21. The Wardell Quezergue Orchestra (feat. Donald Harrison) - Do You Know What It Means