64 Parishes

“You Smell Like a Garbage Can!”

The raw, raucous blues of Boogie Bill Webb

A Final Album but No Swan Song

Aaron Neville's My True Story

Amédé Ardoin

One of southern Louisiana's first great recording artists was a Creole accordionist and singer named Amede Ardoin.

America Hears Itself

New documentary on traditional music combines vintage and contemporary material

An Inventive, Inspired Inundation

Bold New Directions for Veteran Musicians

New releases from Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams and Walter “Wolfman” Washington

Buddy Bolden

Cornetist Buddy Bolden was the first documented player of New Orleans jazz.

Carol Fran

Singer and pianist Carol Fran is a blues, swamp pop, R&B, and jazz musician whose work reflects the influence of southwest Louisiana's culture.

Commodifying Traditional Music

The prolific, controversial career of Ralph S. Peer

Dave Bartholomew

A longtime pillar of the New Orleans rhythm and blues community, Dave Bartholomew was a trumpeter, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer, bandleader, and astute businessman.

Eighteen Years of Hackberry Rambling

The gift of playing with venerable innovators