BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge Blues Festival brings musicians from across Louisiana and the nation for a weekend of swamp blues. According to the festival’s website, this Baton ...

Leslie Johnson, the architect of Louisiana swamp-blues who was better known as "Lazy Lester," died Wednesday afternoon at his home in Paradise, California. He was 85. In the 1950s and ’60s, Johnson ...

Louisiana has always been a state that dances to its own beat. That beat might be a jazz brunch in Lake Charles, Cajun dance at a traditional pig roast in Baton Rouge, or swamp pop blasting out a ...

It hasn’t been easy following singer/songwriter Jonah Tolchin through the creative twists that follow his life fluctuations. Starting as an Americana folkie, then bluesman, the New Jersey native ...

Music has the power to console and enthrall. That’s been true for humans for an estimated 40,000 years. As blues star and former Baton Rouge resident Buddy Guy said of the musical genre he operates in ...

Louisiana’s Swamp Blues scene is alive and thriving, thanks to the latest offering from multi-Blues Music Award-winner and Grammy nominee Kenny Neal. According to a press release, the celebrated ...

The Highland Jazz and Blues Festival is returning for its 21st year on Saturday, September 13. This year's festival will showcase memorable musical performances on three stages and plenty of ...

It’s the kind of music industry story that dates back to the earliest days of regional rock ‘n roll — but with a twist. In the early ‘90s, aspiring Cajun roots-rock musician Tab Benoit signed his ...

From the smoky rhythms of zydeco and the rich spice of gumbo to the whispering bayous of Acadiana, Louisiana is a feast for ...

LAFAYETTE, LA (KATC) — Lafayette's own Grammy Award nominee Julian Primeaux is to be inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame on Friday at 8 p.m. The induction ceremony is going to be held at The ...

Louisiana singer Dustin Dale Gaspard earns a four-chair turn on The Voice season 28, with Niall Horan successfully adding the Cajun performer to his team.