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  2. Music of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The African influence on New Orleans music can trace its roots at least back to Congo Square in New Orleans in 1835, when enslaved people would congregate there to play music and dance on Sundays. African music was primarily played as well as local music from varying sources such as adapted work songs, African American spirituals, and field ...

  3. Formation (music video) - Wikipedia

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    The video modifies the song to include spoken interpolations from the New Orleans artist Big Freedia and the YouTube personality Messy Mya, who was murdered in New Orleans in 2010. [15] Dance routines are performed throughout the video by Beyoncé accompanied by back-up dancers.

  4. List of songs about New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    "New Orleans, Louisiana" by Dr. John and Chris Barber "New Orleans Low Down" by Duke Ellington "New Orleans Mambo" by James Rivers Quartet "New Orleans (Mardi Gras)" by Southwind "New Orleans Moan" by Roselyn Lionhart (of duo David and Roselyn) "New Orleans Music" by Rebirth Brass Band "New Orleans Music" by Tony Wilson (a member of Hot Chocolate)

  5. Twerking - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, the introduction of bounce music into the New Orleans music scene brought along the dance of twerking. [7] In 1992, Panamanian singer Renato recorded the videoclip "El más sensual" (the most sexy), a reggae song with the twerking dance.

  6. The Saints Are Coming - Wikipedia

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    The music video shows the two bands playing at the Abbey Road Studio and at the Louisiana Superdome (though the footage from the live performance at the Superdome has been overdubbed with the studio version of the song), intermixed with news footage of the displacement of residents after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The second half of the ...

  7. Music of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans was a regional Tin Pan Alley music composing and publishing center through the 1920s, and was also an important center of ragtime. Louis Prima demonstrated the versatility of the New Orleans tradition, taking a style rooted in traditional New Orleans jazz into swinging hot music popular into the rock and roll era. He is buried in ...

  8. Creole music - Wikipedia

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    Born in New Orleans and reared in the culture of Saint-Domingue, he toured throughout the Caribbean and was particularly acclaimed in Cuba. Gottschalk was closely associated with the Cuban pianist and composer, Manuel Saumell Robredo , a master of the contradanza , widely popular dance compositions based on the African-derived habanera rhythm.

  9. New Orleans rhythm and blues - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans rhythm and blues is a style of rhythm and blues that originated in New Orleans. It was a direct precursor to rock and roll and strongly influenced ska . Instrumentation typically includes drums, bass, piano, horns, electric guitar, and vocals.