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Born into the third generation of the legendary musical family, jazz singer Charmaine Neville was among the thousands trapped in New Orleans. she was trapped in water for five days and witnessed dire events ? death, rape, robbery. Overshadowing all of that, she witnessed a community working together to survive. This is Charmaine?s account of Hurricane Katrina, interwoven with her own music.
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Born into the third generation of the legendary musical family, jazz singer Charmaine Neville was among the thousands trapped in New Orleans. she was trapped in water for five days and witnessed dire events ? death, rape, robbery. Overshadowing all of that, she witnessed a community working together to survive. This is Charmaine?s account of Hurricane Katrina, interwoven with her own music.
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Review of Katrina Survivor: New Orleans jazz singer Charmaine NevilleProducer Miae Kim presents this simple, first person account of New Orleans jazz singer Charmaine Neville's experience of surviving Hurricane Katrina, and it is utterly disarming in its matter of fact delivery of her personal story, mixed with snipets of her music. The recording quality is excellent, and Neville's rich voice and starling visions of New Orlean residents and their experiences are compelling. This would be great as part of a 2005 year in review program. The 27 minutes never drags, and Neville is as eloquent an ambassador as any for The Big Easy, revealing aspects of the flood and the people of New Orleans that deifinitely escaped mainstream news. Chilling and inspirational in its execution, Miae Kim's production of this piece shows a steady hand in guiding a phenomenal story, supporting it with appropriate music, and bringing the story to a hopeful close, with Neville's wishes for her city, and for all of us. |
Broadcast History
First aired on KBOO
Musical Works
The music is from Charmaine Neville Band's two albums: Eleanor Rigby (Album UP UP UP, Track 7) and Can You Tell Me (Album It's About Time, Track 8).
Additional Files
- Charmaine Neville performing at Blues for Katrina in Portland, Oregon in September, 2005 (1030340.JPG)
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Posted on August 22, 2007 at 05:53 AM | Permalink
Review of Katrina Survivor: New Orleans jazz singer Charmaine Neville
wonderful piece. Very effective use of minimal production.