Apparently you can go home again — the Neville Brothers will return to the traditional closing spot at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival they held for more than a decade. Strangely, this marks the first time Aaron, Art, Charles and Cyril Neville will perform in their hometown since Hurricane Katrina.

That news may be a few days old, but we thought it interesting due to the non-relationship between the city and the Brothers since Katrina. And Cyril’s made comments about the lack of a viable music scene at times when everyone else wants to fellate the fallen city. “People thought there was a music scene in New Orleans – there wasn’t,” Cyril told the Chicago Sun-Times. “You worked two times a year: Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest. The only musicians I knew who made a living playing music in New Orleans were Kermit Ruffins and Pete Fountain. Everyone else had a day job or had to go on tour.” Now for some non-NOLA news:

• Dean Ween picks his favorite Ween album
• Finally, some intelligence: The new British spymaster is a huge Deadhead
• Old T-shirts mean C-notes for rock fans
• Can AC Entertainment bring the Bonnaroo magic to Birmingham?
• The Disco Biscuits added another show in Philly to their New Year’s Run
• Joshua Redman keeps his music moving forward
• Sleater-Kinney and NPR’s Carrie Brownstein ponders why Collective Soul is the lasting band from the ’90s

Finally, Bob Lefsetz makes some great points about the high ticket prices for the upcoming Winwood/Clapton shows at MSG that went on sale this morning…

And some bonus DVDs of the Neville Brothers:

Fire on the Bayou — with The Meters:

Sessions at West 54th — Hey Pocky Way/Guilded Splinters: