- 9/13/2007 – New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity to Celebrate the Beginning of the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis kicked off the groundbreaking of the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
View Press Release - 5/8/2007 – Boston Women Build in the Bayou
Seasoned Professionals and Emerging Leaders Collaborate for Habitat for Humanity Project.
View Press Release - 8/29/2006 – New Orleans Habitat Musicians’ Village Continues Building
New Orleans Habitat for Humanity has transformed a vacant, blighted school lot into a vision of hope in the city’s recovering Upper Ninth Ward.
View Press Release - 6/1/2006 – New Orleans Habitat Musicians’ Village Dedicates First New Homes
Three new homes in what eventually will become a thriving neighborhood now stand as a testament to the determination of New Orleans to rebuild...
View Press Release - 5/1/2006 – Dave Matthews Band Makes $1.5 Million Challenge Grant
Dave Matthews Band Makes $1.5 Million Challenge Grant to Support New Orleans Habitat Musicians’ Village
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- 4/26/2008 – Musicians' Village block reflects neighborhood rhythms
It's almost impossible to read about the New Orleans recovery without hearing about Musicians Village.
View News Article - 1/26/2008 – Billy Ray Cyrus says he'll join daughter onstage today
"This is the first time in history, I had a good crowd on Saturday morning," said bluesman Little Freddie King...
View News Article - 1/17/2008 – Born on the Bayou: Smokey Johnson
Displaced by Hurricane Katrina, stalwart New Orleans drummer tells MP3.com he's glad to be back home.
View News Article - 10/26/2007 – Hard-hit Upper 9th Ward is uplifted by Habitat
Contrast underscores power of volunteerism
View News Article - 8/30/2007 – Musicians' Village Brings New Hope
Standing on the porch of his Caribbean blue home, Jerome "JD" Hill has every reason to smile.
View News Article - 8/5/2007 – Village Rises for New Orleans' Musicians
Standing outside his new mint-green house, Fredy Omar hears the rumble of construction trucks, the buzz of drills and the thud of hammers.
View News Article - 7/30/2007 – A Blessing...
The merging of cultures celebrates a new beginning
View News Article - 6/12/2007 – Baptists pledge to build 300 houses in 5-year period
In a partnership with the Habitat for Humanity, First Baptist Church
View News Article - 6/4/2007 – Work to begin soon on Ellis Marsalis Center
The $5.5 million center in the Musicians' Village may be completed in January
View News Article - 5/17/2007 – In Tune With The Times
MICHAEL HARRIS: Building ties in Musician's Village
ELLEN SMITH: Expanding her circle in a purple house
View News Article - 5/14/2007 – Blue As Ever
Having endured stormy relationships and even stormier weather, Little Freddie King finds there's still plenty to write songs about
View News Article - 1/15/2007 – U.Md. Band Leaves In Step With New Orleans
BALTIMORE - Ruth Sparks remembers the conversation like it was yesterday. "He said, "I want to be a band director, and I want to make a difference in people's lives."
View News Article - 1/10/2007 – Rebuilding New Orleans
Fifteen months after Hurricane Katrina rampaged along the Gulf Coast, I found myself nailing shingles to a roof in New Orleans, experiencing the aftermath of one of the costliest and deadliest natural disasters in the history of the United States with my own two eyes — and hands...
View News Article - 1/9/2007 – Journey to Aid New Orleans
This was my second time returning home from a New Orleans rebuilding trip this year knowing I'd be going back to the Big Easy...
View News Article - 5/7/2006 – After The Storm, It Takes A Village
NEW ORLEANS - Peter ''Nine'' Badie, a devout Catholic, walked into church that Sunday before Hurricane Katrina but never sat down for services...
View News Article - 4/25/2006 – It Takes a Musicians' Village
Habitat for Humanity is breaking ground in many ways with its post-Katrina planned neighborhood for local musicians.
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As one of the many musicians who were nurtured by the vibrant cultural environment in New Orleans, I cannot overstate the importance of the Musicians’ Village. Please lend your support for those artists eager to call New Orleans home again, and for those in future generations who will be the beneficiaries of their knowledge.- Branford Marsalis
