A remastered, expanded edition of the soul-stirring 2005 benefit album Our New Orleans is available on vinyl from Nonesuch Records. The expanded edition includes five previously unreleased tracks as well as the original performances by Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Irma Thomas, Wild Magnolias, Buckwheat Zydeco, Randy Newman, and others. The album has thus far raised $1.5 million Habitat for Humanity’s post-Katrina rebuilding effort. "Rife with stirring performances," says the Washington Post, "Our New Orleans has the soul of the city." Still images courtesy of Habitat for Humanity New Orleans (http://www.habitat-nola.org/​)

Dr. John performs "Walking by the River," from the remastered, expanded edition of the soul-stirring 2005 benefit album Our New Orleans. Performed in a NYC studio by Dr. John, piano, vocals; Hugh McCracken, guitar; David Barard, bass; Herman Ernest III, drums; Charlie Miller, trumpet; Ronald Cuber, baritone sax. Still images courtesy of Habitat for Humanity New Orleans (http://www.habitat-nola.org/).

This featurette goes behind the scenes of the recording of the album Our New Orleans, made in 2005 to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. This soul-stirring compilation benefits Habitat for Humanity’s post-Katrina rebuilding effort and features such Crescent City legends as Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, and Irma Thomas. Philadelphia Weekly declared it “an extraordinary gathering of the city's living musical heritage.”