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Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about trash cleanup efforts in Baton Rouge and statewide litter abatement efforts. Plus, we hear why environmental groups are suing the EPA over water contamination.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we speak with former federal prosecutor Jared Fishman about his new book that digs into a murder investigation in New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina. We also learn why advocates are pushing for more protections of burial sites for the formerly enslaved, and we learn about problems with emergency warning systems in rural Mississippi.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the Preservation Resource Center’s spring home tour. Plus we hear about the one-man show exploring the life of playwright August Wilson, and learn about why a potential solution to flooding in the Mississippi Delta is also stirring up controversy.

Continuum presents a program of early music from the Ars Subtilior period, a musical style characterized by rhythmic and notational complexity, centered in Paris, Avignon in southern France, and in northern Spain at the end of the 14th century.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear what the reopening of a small town sculpture garden means to a hurricane-battered community. Plus we learn about a new docuseries that explores the stories behind unique Southern traditions, and the end of the post-Katrina Road Home program.

In the nation’s capital, there’s a homegrown beat you can hear all over town, from clubs to street corners to booming car stereos. The man who started it is our guest, the late Chuck Brown. He was the Godfather of Go-Go, that combination of Latin percussion, soulful horns, and guitar funk. Chuck blended it all to create his groove, with good helpings of jazz and gospel inspiration, what he called “a sound for the town.” And fronting that sound was his distinctive voice. I asked Chuck how he found his voice and his way to music.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how descendants of a victim and a perpetrator of the 1837 Colfax massacre came together to unveil a new memorial that tells the true story of the white supremacist mass murder of Black men. Plus, we hear what’s on deck for the 37th annual Festival International de Louisiane.

This is American Routes, I’m Nick Spitzer, with our program devoted to the musical legacy of the late jazz pianist, composer, teacher and patriarch Ellis Marsalis Jr. and his late wife Dolores. Four of their six sons play music. Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis was the one also enlisted to record his brothers. He interned with Allen Toussaint at Sea Saint Studios, producing albums by Terrance Blanchard, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and his family. Delfeayo wrote a children’s work for the Dallas Opera in the ‘90s. Back home in New Orleans, he started Uptown Music Theater for young people, all continuing the music education tradition of his father. He leads the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, a sixteen-piece big band that brings the swing. I asked Delfeayo about his memories as a youth of his father on the job.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we discuss why the EPA is taking emergency action to try and force one chemical plant in Louisiana to reduce or immediately halt its emissions. We also learn about the upcoming Baton Rouge Blues Festival and hear from those objecting to the growth of dollar stores in the Gulf South.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the 40th annual French Quarter Festival returning to New Orleans this weekend. Plus, we hear about the Musaica Chamber Ensemble’s final performance of the season and learn how some southern cities are trying to slow down the spread of dollar stores.