This week is the 10th anniversary of Katrina and the levee failure that flooded New Orleans. From the earliest moments of Katrina and the levee failure in New Orleans until today, musicians have been a huge part of the response.
One of the ways they did this was through song. To show the depth and breadth of this creative response, here is a list of songs written about or in response to the devastating events following Hurricane Katrina (songs are listed in no particular order):
- “Louisiana Land” by OK Go
- “Mr. Go” by Bonerama
- “Midnight in the City of Destruction” by Tom Morello & The Nightwatchman
- “NOLA” by Mirah
- “Help Is On The Way” by Rise Against
- “Crescent” by The Wrens
-
“Lower 9th Ward Blues” by Al ‘Carnival Time’ Johnson
- “Flood” by Luke Reynolds
-
“Move Around” by B.G.
- “Where Were You” by Jackson Browne
- “Flowers (this too will pass)” by The Dream Fighters
- “Crescent City Snow” by Susan Cowsill
- “Get U Down” by Warren G featuring Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and B-Real
- “In The Night (I Can See)” by Gregg Cobarr
- “The Katrina Song” by Subject to Change
- “Mad Beaver Stump Grinding” by Amanda Lynn
- “All Hands Together” by Mika Nakashima
- “Home” and “The Avenue” by Cowboy Mouth
- “S.S.T.” and “Brand New Orleans” by Prince
- “Cry Out To Jesus” by Third Day
- “Love is Free” by Sheryl Crow
- “I Hope” by the Dixie Chicks
- “Rockin Ralph’s Roadhouse” by the Squeezebox Stompers
- “Help for Heros” by Xfactor
- “Any Other Day” by Norah Jones and Wyclef Jean
- “Washed Away” by Kokomo Joe
- “Shelter In The Rain” by Stevie Wonder
- “Hold Out A Hand” by Edwin McCain
- “From The Bottom of My Heart” by Michael Jackson and All Stars
- “Get Your Hustle On” by Juvenile
- “Black Rain” by Ben Harper
- “Resilient” by Teena Marie and Alia Rose
- “Mother Nature” by Papoose & Razah
- “Slabbed” by Jeffery Williams
- “Pontchartrain” by Vienna Teng
- “The Saints Are Coming” by Green Day & U2
- “In the Sun” by Michael Stipe & Chris Martin
- “Louisiana” by Hank Waite
- “Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On” by Jimmy Buffett
- “The Little Things Give You Away” by Linkin Park
- “Home Sweet Home” by Mötley Crüe featuring Chester Bennington
- “Still New Orleans” by Bastian Foerstner
- “Beneath The Tides” and “On March The Saints” by Down
- “From the Eye of the Storm” by Ayatey Shabazz
- “O Katrina!” by The Black Lips
- “The Flood” by Eilen Jewell
- “Knockin on My Trailer Door” by Weathered
- “Gov Did Nothin'” by John Butler Trio
- “Magnolia Soul” by Ozomatli
- “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People” by The Legendary K.O.
- “Wide Awake” by Audioslave
- “The Long Black Line” by Spencer Bohren
- “The Big Easy Ain’t Easy No More” by Mark Hummel
- “Hell No, We Ain’t Alright” by Public Enemy
- “Hurricane Song” by Allen Watty
- “Minority Report” by Jay-Z
- “Georgia… Bush” by Lil Wayne
- “Dry Drunk Emperor” by TV on the Radio
- “Dollar Day” by Mos Def
- “Cry For Us” by Big Sty
- “Day No One Needed to Know” by Moneen
- “New Orleans” by David Rovics
- “R.I.P New Orleans” by Meriwether
- “Katrina” by Anders Osbourne
- “Madman’s Dream” by Assemblage 23
- “That’s Life” by Killer Mike
- “Voodoo Mouth” by Alamantra
- “Hurricane Katrina (The Ghosts of New Orleans)” by Frances Donnelly
- “Rain” by Institution
- “All These People” by Harry Connick, Jr.
- “Washed Away ” by Kokomo Joe
- “How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?” by Bruce Springsteen
- “Where Were You?” by Jackson Browne
- “Tie My Hands” by Lil Wayne
- “Flooded” by Behind Enemy Lines
- “Houston” by R.E.M.
- “Red Letter Year” by Ani Difranco
- “Louisiana Sky” by The John Popper Project
Although this list is long, there are inevitably many songs missing. Email us if you know of any others to include. And click here for more on how to mark the 10th anniversary of Katrina and the levee failure that flooded New Orleans. Or here for the Katrina 10 Fund, proceeds benefit RPM’s partners like Gulf Restoration Network & St. Bernard Project, as well as others.
The post Katrina 10: Songs for New Orleans appeared first on RPM.