Why did you make New Orleans your home?

I came to New Orleans to gut houses after the storm. I was still in school at the time. On one of the trips that I took to the city I was in the Ninth Ward, and they remembered me. They served me up some food. It was love and felt like community. When I graduated I decided this is where I want to be. I moved here in 2007.

You’re quite an eclectic vocalist with a signature of kinetic energy. H...