Dreamworld. A description of New Orleans. Shad Weathersby’s world on the album of the same name. A world of fantastic realities and everyday fantasies.

Photos on his album reveal Weathersby’s personal dreamworld. Eerie photos of him in front of a Royal Street poster shop and walking the ancient bricks of Pirate’s Alley.

A photo of his mother as a 6-year-old Mardi Gras princess.

“Juanita, that’s my mother. The song is patterned off a song that my mom used to sing back in the ...