
A Concert for Hurricane Relief, September 2, 2005. Aaron Neville performing "Louisiana 1927" "The river rose all day, the river rose all night Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away alright The river has busted through clear down to Plaquemines Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline Oh Louisiana, oh Louisiana They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away Oh Louisiana, oh Louisiana They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away President Coolidge come down, in a railroad train Little fat man with a note pad in his hand President say little fat man, oh isn't it a shame, What the river has done to this poor people's land Oh Louisiana, oh Louisiana They're trying to wash us away, you're trying to wash us away Oh Louisiana, Louisiana They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away" ~Randy Newman
"Oui, on peut -- Yes we can!" OBAMA ZYDECO FROM LOUISIANA 2008
21st November 2008
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"Oui, on peut -- Yes we can!" OBAMA ZYDECO FROM LOUISIANA 2008! Music and Lyrics copyright 2008 Dirk Powell, Crying Bayou Music, BMI Filmed at the Whirlybird in Opelousas, Louisiana Musicians: Dirk Powell, Christine Balfa, Jeffrey Broussard, Zydeco Joe Citizen, Corey "L'il Pop" Ledet, and Linzay Young Photos Courtesy of Creative Commons BIG BIG THANKS TO: Jim Phillips, Christy Leichty, Johanna Divine, Joel Savoy, Wilson Savoy, Eric Breaux, Jacob Ross, Liz Toffey, Tony Davoren, Toby Rodriguez, Susan and Carl Brazell, Mark Herbert, Andrea Rubenstein, Norris Fontenot, Phillip Gould, All the dancers, singers, and friends of the Whirlybird that made this video possible!

VISITE http://emigrantescanarios.org "Canarians of the Mississippi: The Canary Islanders In Louisiana" is the lastest work by Manuel Mora Morales, for his unfinished series "La Ruta del Gofio: History of the Canarian Immigration." The documentary was filmed around the marshes of the Mississippi river in Louisiana, USA in 2005 and 2006. It tells the story of the Canarian Islanders who immigrated to Louisiana in the 18th century in order to establish colonies and to defend Spanish territories from the British and French forces in the area. "Canarians of the Mississippi" is produced by Amazonas Films and is being released in Spanish and English versions. To this day there are descendants of the first Canarian immigrants, known as "islenos," that continue speaking the Castilian language with the same accent as their ancestors. During the last 200 years the islanders have been subject to perhaps the most unusual story of the Canarian Migration; while it is full of unusual tales and events the story of the islanders is the least known inside and outside the archipelago. Mention could be made of their important contributions to the American War of Independence, the islander battalions under General Lee and their presence in the American congress, as well as other numerous political figures whom have influenced politics in the United States government. Many traditions and folklore in the islander community that exist today came from the Canary Islands over two centuries ago: music (the decima,) food (the caldo) and folk healing known as Curanderismo. The documentary also contains historic interviews with islanders as well as antiquated film footage of the great flood of 1927. Canarians of the Mississippi is more significant though for its treatment of the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Islander community and it's struggle to survive. While most of the documentary was filmed shortly before the hurricane, Mora Morales returned to Louisiana in 2006 and found that many people and places had disappeared or no longer existed. Many of the films informants have been direct or indirect victims of the Hurricane, including Charles Robin who died in January 2006. ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Manuel Mora Morales was born in Canary Islands in 1952. He has spent many years as a writer, editor and filmmaker and is currently President of the Canarian Editors Association. His most important work has been writing and directing the documentary series La Ruta del Gofio: History of the Canarian Migration. The first part of the series has been televised TV several times (Television Autonomica Canaria). Mora Morales is currently still working on the subject of the Canarian migration to the United States.
Theresa Andersson LIVE @ Louisiana Music Factory JazzFest 2007
21st November 2008
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EDDIE BO @ Louisiana Music Factory - Special Appearance 2007
21st November 2008
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Loretta Lynn And Conway Twitty - Louisiana Woman Mississippi
21st November 2008
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K Rose Louisiana Woman , Mississippi Man by Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn Lyrics: Hey Louisiana woman Mississippi man we get together every time we can The Mississippi River can keep us apart There's too much love in the Mississippi heart too much love in this Louisiana heart See the alligators all a waitin' nearby soon or later they know I'm gonna try When she waves from the bank don't you know I know It's goodbye fishin' line see you while ago With a Louisiana woman waitin' on the other side The Mississippi River don't look so wide Louisiana woman Mississippi man... Well I thought I'd been loved but I never had Till I was wrapped In the arms of a Mississippi man When he holds me close it feels almost like another hurricane just ripped the coast If he can't come to me I'm gonna go to him That Mississippi River Lord I'm gonna swim Hey Louisiana woman Mississippi man... Well Mississippi River Lord it's one mile wide and I gotta get me to the other side Mississippi man I'm losin' my mind gotta have your loving one more time I'm gonna jump in the river and here go too bad alligatior you swim too slow Hey Louisiana woman Mississippi man... There's too much love in the Mississippi heart too much love in this Louisiana heart There's too much love in the Mississippi heart too much love in this Louisiana heart
Quadro Nuevo LIVE @ Louisiana Music Factory In Store 2007
21st November 2008
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Tim McGraw notices his ring missing Lafayette, Louisiana
21st November 2008
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Dave Matthews Band - Lousiana Bayou (with Robert Randolph)
21st November 2008
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Motions will be heard in the criminal case against Scott Nugent, the son of the former police chief. A trial date will be set on Oct. 23, 2008. There is an ongoing LA State investigation into the incident. ------------------------------------ Death by Taser: Police Accused of Cover-Up in Death of African American Man Shocked Nine Times While in Handcuffs. ------------------------------------ Police in the city of Winnfield are being accused of covering up the death of an African American man named Baron Pikes. Pikes was twenty-one-year-old. He was Bell's first cousin. Baron Pikes died in police custody on January 21st after being shot nine times with a taser gun while in handcuffs. The city police chief initially claimed Pikes was high on crack cocaine and PCP at the time of his death. But the coroner has just ruled Pikes' death a homicide, after an autopsy determined there were no drugs in his system. His death certificate states he died after being "electro shocked nine times while in police custody and restraint." The coroner also determined the police shot Pikes twice after he lost consciousness—tased him twice. Scott Nugent, the white police officer who tased Pikes, has been fired from the police department, but no charges have been filed in Pikes' death. We are joined right now by three guests. Howard Witt is the Southwest Bureau Chief of the Chicago Tribune. He wrote the first articles in the national press about both the killing of Baron Pikes and the Jena Six. Howard Witt was a finalist this year for the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for his wide-ranging examination of racial issues in America. Kayshon Collins is also with us, on the phone from Winnfield, Louisiana. She is the stepmother of Baron Pikes. And we're also joined on the phone from Winnfield by the police lieutenant and spokesperson, Charles Curry. HOWARD WITT: Yes. This incident happened last January, as you mentioned. Pikes had—there was an arrest warrant out for Pikes for possession of cocaine, I believe. The police officer Nugent spotted him walking on the street downtown in Winnfield. Pikes started running. They chased him down near a shopping center, near a grocery store in a little shopping center. Nugent subdued him, handcuffed him. And then, after Pikes was on the ground and handcuffed, Nugent began ordering him to get up and walk to the police car. Pikes either wouldn't or couldn't, and so Nugent then began a series of taser shocks to [Pikes], which continued for a period of about fourteen minutes. And over the course of this fourteen minutes, both on the ground and later in the police car and at the police station, they delivered nine of these electroshocks to Pikes, as witnesses said he was pleading for them to stop tasering him. And by the way, everything I've just told you comes directly from the police report that Scott Nugent, the officer himself, wrote about the case. AMY GOODMAN: When you say "they," in terms of the tasering of Pikes, who do you mean? HOWARD WITT: Well, according to all the police reports, there were three officers present. Nugent was the one actually delivering the taser shocks, and there were two other officers there at various times during this incident. One of them was a supervisor of Nugent and the guy who had actually taught him how to use the taser. And those other two officers were present, as I say, at various times during this incident.

































