'The Roots of Rock'n'Roll'

7 May 2006
Edge has been talking to Sean Callebs of CNN about how 'anyone who makes a living in professional music owes a debt to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area... jazz, the blues and the roots of rock'n'roll can all be traced to this region.' Video here.

View the CNN interview and read about Sean Calleb's encounter with Edge here.

Latest on Music Rising, the charity Edge has founded to help musicians on the Gulf Coast, here.

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