Music
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.
Ben Sandmel
Bold New Directions for Veteran Musicians
New releases from Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams and Walter “Wolfman” Washington
Music
Buddy Bolden
Cornetist Buddy Bolden was the first documented player of New Orleans jazz.
Music
Carol Fran
Singer and pianist Carol Fran was 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
Music
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.
Eclectic Erudition
Two luminous, youthful musicians
Eighteen Years of Hackberry Rambling
The gift of playing with venerable innovators
Elvis has not left the building
Music
Ernie K-Doe
The late New Orleans rhythm & blues artist Ernie K-Doe remains an iconic figure in Crescent City music and culture.
Music
Fats Domino
New Orleans pianist and singer Antoine "Fats" Domino is revered as a founding father of rock & roll, along with Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Folkloric Field Research
Documenting Louisiana’s musical heritage
