A 'Preservation' CD for New Orleans' Preservation Hall

Angelique Kidjo, Paolo Nutini, Brandi Carlile and Andrew Bird aren't typically linked to the roots of New Orleans music, but they jumped at the chance to preserve them.

Preservation, a benefit compilation released today to coincide with Mardi Gras, finds thePreservation Hall Jazz Band recording songs with diverse contributors ranging fromTom Waits, Pete Seeger and Richie Havensto Merle Haggard, Blind Boys of Alabamaand Buddy Miller, plus native sons Terence Blanchard and Dr. John. The project aims to sustain the city's struggling historic Preservation Hall and ancillary music outreach program.

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