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Author: Mark Hertsgaard, The Guardian

Cubist-style illustration of Jon Batiste playing piano, surrounded by New Orleans jazz motifs and climate imagery including a blazing sun, musical notes, and factory smoke.

‘It’s a warning, set to a dance beat’: Jon Batiste on his new song urging climate action at Katrina20

August 28, 2025 Updated September 5, 2025
The global music star, whose hometown of New Orleans was devastated in 2005 by the hurricane and subsequent levee engineering failures, says ‘people power’ can change the world.

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