64 Parishes

“You Smell Like a Garbage Can!”

The raw, raucous blues of Boogie Bill Webb

A Fearless Creator of Fresh Material

Tommy McLain’s late-career classic

A Final Album but No Swan Song

A Labor of Love, and a Monumental Resource

A major milestone in the documentation of Cajun and Creole music

A Virtuoso from Vidalia

Aaron Neville's My True Story

Amédé Ardoin

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

America Hears Itself

New documentary on traditional music combines vintage and contemporary material

An Inventive, Inspired Inundation

Bobby Charles

Bobby Charles made enduring contributions to the overlapping genres of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and swamp pop, as both a recording artist and a songwriter.

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.