Music: Rounder steps up for New Orleans

Branford Marsalis will write liner notes for "A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005," a Rounder Records benefit compilation CD due out Oct. 18. The track list, compiled from the libraries of the Cambridge-based Rounder and Marsalis Music, includes 16 songs by New Orleans artists, including the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Harry Connick Jr., Irma Thomas, Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair and the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After Hurricane Katrina, MusiCares established the relief fund with an initial $1 million donation to provide a wide variety of emergency and basic living assistance to musicians and other music industry people affected by the disaster. Details: www.musicares.com.