This Song Goes Out to You, Big Easy

For hundreds of thousands of listeners of about 225 public radio stations and XM Satellite Radio, Mr. Spitzer and “American Routes” have served since 1997 as the voice of New Orleans, right down to the theme music by Professor Longhair. Now, working with a patchwork staff from a borrowed studio in Lafayette, La., Mr. Spitzer is assembling this weekend’s show, titled “After the Storm.” (… A list of other stations is at www.americanroutes.org.) “I wanted it to be music of reflection and solace and also hope.”

— From an article in The New York Times