Music
Little Walter
Louisiana blues harmonica musician Little Walter Jacobs had his biggest hit with "Juke" in 1952.
Roger Hahn
Music
Lizzie Miles
Lizzie Miles was a vocalist adept at both blues and jazz stylings whose career spanned most of the modern jazz age.
Music
Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price was a New Orleans rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, producer, and music industry executive who forged a uniquely colorful and successful career spanning seven decades.
Music
Lonnie Johnson
New Orleans native Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson was a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter whose professional career spanned six decades.
Music
Memphis Minnie
Known as “Kid” all her life to her family and re-named “Memphis Minnie” by the recording industry, New Orleans native Lizzie Douglas was a prominent and pioneering guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and blues recording artist.
Music
Nathan Abshire
Nathan Abshire was a singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who was a central figure in the mid-twentieth-century evolution of Cajun music.
Music
Papa Celestin
Cornetist and trumpeter Oscar Phillip “Papa” Celestin was a jazz pioneer and beloved bandleader and entertainer.
Music
Preservation Hall
New Orleans's Preservation Hall is a traditional jazz music venue in the French Quarter and the historic center of a worldwide revival of traditional New Orleans jazz.
Music
Randy Newman
Musician and composer Randy Newman was influenced by the time he lived in New Orleans as a child and many of his songs, including the poignant “Louisiana 1927,” reflect this.
History
Rhythm and Blues Music
The rhythm and blues (R&B) music heritage in Louisiana includes a wide variety of styles, beginning in the 1940s and continuing until today.
Music
Roosevelt Sykes
Barrelhouse pianist Roosevelt Sykes's style mixed rural and urban influences in bravura performances that some popular music historians consider the foundation for all modern blues piano.
Music
Tipitina's
Established as a neighborhood bar in 1977, Tiptina's has grown into an iconic New Orleans music venue with a recording studio, record label, and foundation supporting the local music community.
