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Hugh Laurie happily sings the blues, USA Today

Let’s face it: Hugh Laurie is probably not the first person who comes to mind when u think of New Orleans.

Yet there the House ster is, on PBS, starring in the SeptemberGreat Performances special Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk – a Celebration of New Orleans Blues. And he won’t just be hosting — he’s singing and playing the piano with Irma Thomas, Tom Jones and Allen Toussaint, among other New Orleans stars. It was, he says, a dream come true.

“This whole experience has been really closer to who I am than many things I have done, I suppose...