WWOZ - the heart of New Orleans - is broadcasting in exile now at www.wwoz.com.

On that site, there are links to places where you can donate to help the musicians who have lost their instruments, their homes, their muse in many different ways.

Also, the website directs you to the Tipitina's Foundation - www.tipsevents.com/foundati...efault.asp.

Buy New Orleans music - call your local clubs, concert promoters, record store owners and have them book Nola bands. If they don't know which bands are from New Orleans, direct them to www.louisianamusicfactory.com or www.wwoz.com.

I want to see a New Orleans cultural diaspora.