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Hank Williams Jr.

Hank Williams Jr. is an accomplished country-music star and defiant idealogue.

Henry Roeland Byrd Fesses Up

A feature-length interview with Professor Longhair is released on DVD alongside the 1982 documentary "Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together"

Homage to a Recording Engineer

Innovative New Interpretations of Centuries-Old Music

The lyrical legacy of Caesar Vincent

J. D. Miller’s Recording Studios

J. D. Miller’s recording studios in Crowley are best known for recording South Louisiana musical genres but the studio leaves a mixed legacy, having produced a series of racist songs in the 1960s.

James Burton

James Burton (born August 21, 1939) is one of the most highly respected and prolific guitarists in contemporary popular music.

Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton was the first important composer and arranger of New Orleans jazz, as well as an agile pianist, a compelling singer, and one of the early jazz world's most flamboyant characters.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis was one of the founding fathers of rockabilly music.

Lee Allen Zeno Adds the Groove Glue

Diverse, inventive, rock-solid, and soulful

Louis Armstrong

New Orleans–born musician Louis Armstrong helped introduce jazz to global audiences.

Louis Armstrong

Renowned as a seminal figure in the evolution of jazz, Louis Armstrong is also considered one of the major artistic figures of the twentieth century.

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson, a New Orleans native, was one of the most powerful and influential singers in the history of gospel music.