New Orleans is definitely breathing life again. Rod Stewart, Norah Jones and Brad Paisley and New Orleans natives such as Irma Thomas, Dr. John and Allen Toussaint will be performing in this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
The 2 week festival in April and May, will feature hundreds of the New Orleans popular musicians and various national headliners at the New Orleans Fair Grounds. The New Orleans Fair Grounds is a horse racing track that flooded and seriously damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Performers on April 27-29, include Stewart, Van Morrison, Jones, Paisley, Ludacris and Bonnie Raitt. Steely Dan, ZZ Top, John Legend, Counting Crows and New Edition will perform the second weekend, May 4-6. It should be poping!