"With this book Turner issues both a warning and reassurance that while post–Hurricane Katrina New Orleans is changing, the vibrant traditions of jazz religion and second lines must continue."—Journal of African American History
"People who were there should read this book. People who were not there must read it."—PopMatters
"I highly recommend this text to undergrads, grads, faculty, and researchers. Its pages unfold critical analysis for the advanced scholar, and its prose makes clear a complex culture to the casual learner."—Journal of African American Studies
"Turner straddles religion, music, the performance arts, languages, nationalities, and identities skillfully . . . with aplomb, with brio, in a language all his own that sings."—Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, editor of Haitian Vodou, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"A well-written, well-researched, thoughtful, and generative book."—George Lipsitz, University of California, Santa Barbara, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"Turner straddles religion, music, the performance arts, languages, nationalities, and identities skillfully . . . with aplomb, with brio, in a language all his own that sings."—Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, editor of Haitian Vodou
"A well-written, well-researched, thoughtful, and generative book."—George Lipsitz, University of California, Santa Barbara