Music in New Orleans

While walking down the endless streets of New Orleans, “NOLA” as they call it here, I heard a wide variety of music from classical to jazz. Music is so important to New Orleans, because jazz was widely played here in NOLA. The culture of New Orleans flourishes off of the good vibes music gives to listeners. New Orleans is so important to American music because many popular Jazz artists such as Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong are widely listened to in all states.The city spoke to me through the music by listening to the singers as they sing about the streets and history of New Orleans. The music felt as if it grabbed ahold of my heart strings and allowed me to feel the hardship New Orleans has encountered. When visiting the Treme, I found it most interesting how the homes were shaped. One part of the home seemed to melt into the other side of the home. This architectural difference made me think back to how homes are built in my home town. When visiting the Pharmacy museum, I absolutely enjoyed learning about old medicine and how people thought about treatment in the 19^th century. I learned a lot from the brilliant man educating my colleagues and I, on old time medications and physician practices. The knowledge collected at the pharmacy museum helped me see how far the medical field in New Orleans has come since the epidemic of yellow fever and malaria in this area. 

(Fire house seen during music tour)