For the past three decades, Tipitina's has been a hub of the New Orleans music scene. Everyone has played at the uptown club, whose premises formerly housed a gambling den and a brothel. It comes as no surprise, then, that the place is playing a key role in rekindling the city's post-Katrina musical spark. The Tipitina's Foundation provides resources and assistance to local musicians returning to the city, and also offers music lessons to the next generation. In the accompanying video, we meet some of the folks behind the new push to rebuild New Orleans, note by note.

For more information on the Tipitina's Foundation, check out this article from the New York Times, as well as the foundation's own website. You can also watch a video profile Netscape did in March with Margie Perez, who is featured in the NYT article.