The Neville Brothers. Fat with percussion and harmonies, their music reflects the African and Caribbean influences that sailed in through the port of New Orleans and inspired the syncopations of the “second line” that trails behind any parade, be it a Mardi Gras fete or a funeral. Turning a burial into a celebration is a typical New Orleans reaction — festivity in the presence of destruction. Some of the city’s wildest partying is prompted by hurricane warnings.