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Décimas of St. Bernard
Irván Pérez championed Isleño folk music
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Summer 2026
Music in the Court of Calanthe
Shreveport’s Calanthean Temple was a nexus of live music and Black society at the turn of the twentieth century
Spring 2026
From City Park Stadium to the Arena, via Venus and Mars
The Beatles and Paul McCartney in New Orleans
Winter 2025
A. Miner Second Line
Allison Miner (1949–1995), the woman who shaped Jazz Fest’s legacy
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Funky, Clean, Lean, and Beautiful
The eclectic guitar mastery of James Burton
Summer 2025
Fiddle Around
Gina Forsyth answered the call of the fais-do-do
Spring 2025
A Musical Renaissance Man
A new foundation honors the life and work of Chris Stafford
Winter 2024
Pressing Vinyl and Shattering Glass
The female-run record company that changed the soundscape of 1950s Shreveport
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A Major Milestone for the Music of French Louisiana
Fifty years of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles
Summer 2024
Give Me Louisiana
The ballad of Louisiana’s former state song
Spring 2024
Voice as Instrument
The improvisational artistry of Germaine Bazzle
Winter 2023
Long Live the Swamp Fox!
North Louisiana’s Tony Joe White
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Lee Allen Zeno Adds the Groove Glue
Diverse, inventive, rock-solid, and soulful
Summer 2023
The Case of the Electrified All Girl Band
The mystery of a two-hit wonder
Spring 2023
Eclectic Erudition
Two luminous, youthful musicians
Winter 2022
Between the Guitar Solo and the Ooh-La-La
Farewell to King Louie Bankston
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A Fearless Creator of Fresh Material
Tommy McLain’s late-career classic
