TAKE ME TO THE RIVER NEW ORLEANS ALL-STAR CONCERT

Just in time for Jazz Appreciation Month, this concert will be a celebration of the rhythms of New Orleans music.  Performing artists include: Ivan Neville, Ian Neville, Devon Trusclair, Robert Mercurio, Anjelika "Jelly" Joseph, Brad Walker, John Michael Bradford.  A post-concert discussion will discuss New Orleans music as the foundation to the music for the city and Louisiana.  As Congo Square was among the most important gathering places of enslaved people, students will learn about history of Congo Square and its impact on the culture of the New Orleans music from the continent of Africa and the musical traditions they brought with them to New Orleans through the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. This concert is made possible by the State of Louisiana Office of Tourism