Folklife
John Lomax
John Avery Lomax was a folklorist and musicologist who, with his son Alan Lomax, made the first recording of the Louisiana blues guitarist Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
Alison Fensterstock
Junker’s Blues
A French Quarter rock-n-roll tragedy
King Bees and Wannabes
The legacy of Slim Harpo
Last Gig in Natchitoches
Jim Croce died shortly after playing at Northwestern State University
Listening to 300 Years of New Orleans Music
Editor's letter and table of contents
Listening to 300 Years of New Orleans Music: Playlist
Songs that inspired our tricentennial music issue
Long Live the Swamp Fox!
North Louisiana’s Tony Joe White
Music
Louis Prima
Louis Prima was an Italian American composer, singer, trumpet player and bandleader from New Orleans.
Folklife
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Founded in 1970, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, known as Jazz Fest, draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to experience the music, cuisine, and cultural heritage of Louisiana.
Patsy Vidalia
A drag star shone in New Orleans's 1950s nightlife
Pressing Vinyl and Shattering Glass
The female-run record company that changed the soundscape of 1950s Shreveport
Quarantunes
A playlist to keep your spirits up
