For someone so committed to flexing her New Orleans roots, Dawn Richard often makes music that sounds like it’s coming from an entirely different planet. On previous albums, the former Danity Kane and ...

...we can see the reanimated spirit of those early proto-jazz musicians in New Orleans echoing through the culture, hundreds of millions of people entirely unaware that they were dancing and listening ...

“What does it mean to second line?” she asks on “Nostalgia,” referencing the euphoric street-dance tradition of her hometown New Orleans, then answers — “to give the good footwork with the good work” ...

Early on her new album “Second Line,” Dawn Richard softly asks, “What does it mean to second line?” “To give the good footwork with the good work,” she replies over the light, bouncy synthesizer ...