When a Reluctant Songwriting Star Found Refuge on a New York Stage

A reissue chronicles the Joe’s Pub performances of Allen Toussaint, who wrote “Lady Marmalade” and “Working in the Coal Mine,” after Hurricane Katrina forced him out of New Orleans.

​A reissue chronicles the Joe’s Pub performances of Allen Toussaint, who wrote “Lady Marmalade” and “Working in the Coal Mine,” after Hurricane Katrina forced him out of New Orleans.