After Hurricane Katrina, one Randy Newman song was played often. Renee Montagne talks to Newman about Louisiana 1927. (This piece initially aired on Sept. 9, 2005, on Morning Edition.) ...

Story of the song: Louisiana 1927 by Randy Newman. From The Indy archive: Robert Webb on a mesmerising account of an American tragedy . Friday 10 June 2022 12:40 BST. Comments.

A good friend reminded me of this song yesterday, pointing out how eerie Newman’s tale of the great flood of ’27 now seems in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Look it up on iTunes or Rhapsody or ...

Randy Newman and the Louisiana Philharmonic are old buddies. In the fall of 2005, the songwriter donated his performance with the orchestra, in tandem with the New York Philharmonic at ...

After Hurricane Katrina, one Randy Newman song was played often. Renee Montagne talks to Newman about Louisiana 1927. (This piece initially aired on Sept. 9, 2005, on Morning Edition.) ...