Then in the early 2000s there was a nostalgia-filled revival of the instrument.

New novel captures a legendary bluesman at an early midlife crossroads, well before the myth — that he sold his soul to the ...

Closer to home, Creole musicians such as Canray Fontenot are known to have started out on handmade cigar box fiddles, ...

September 14, 2024, at Columbia Park in Shreveport's Historic Highland neighborhood. The festival runs from 10:30 a.m. to ...

Blues contestants were competing for the chance to play in Memphis, Tennessee at the International Blues Challenge.

The annual Bluesberry Music + Art Festival will take place in Covington's riverside Bogue Falaya Park on Oct. 5 with a ...

Emerging blues artist D.K. Harrell from Ruston, Louisiana, will headline this year’s event. Harrell has performed at the B.B. King Symposium and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and ...

Take Louisiana-born Buddy Guy, who moved here in 1957 ... Tillmon, it seems, is one of Chicago’s busiest blues musicians. “I ...

Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is set to take over Lafayette Square Park from October 11 to 13, 2024, offering a weekend ...

Saxophonist, composer and music educator Leland Baker studied jazz in New Orleans and New York before coming back home to ...

Free shuttle services will also be available through the Louisiana Healthcare Connections and run continuously throughout the day. A special headline, D.K. Harrell, A well-known blues artist from ...

Blind Willie McTell Festival is in the books, and with the performances seen at this event, Visit Thomson will have a hard ...