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Nick Spitzer on New Orleans' Cultural History

Fresh Air

Published September 5, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Folklorist Nick Spitzer hosts American Routes, a public radio music program based in New Orleans. He left the city before Hurricane Katrina and is now in Lafayette, La. He talks about the cultural and musical history of New Orleans.

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