Our World Cafe: Next artist this week is a roots band we happened upon during the first weekend at Jazz Fest in their hometown, New Orleans. The Deslondes, named after a local street, grew out of an earlier incarnation of Hurray for the Riff Raff and still sometimes tour with that band's Alynda Lee Segarra, a fellow New Orleanian. All five members of the band are both singers and songwriters, and each makes a unique contribution that doesn't distract from the whole. Whether it's soul, country or folk, there is an authenticity to what they do — and it comes through on their debut album (out next week).
Listen for a couple of songs and look for our World Cafe: Next podcast at worldcafe.tumblr.com.
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