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.
A ground-breaking female rapper
Singer Mickey Gilley's top-10 hits placed him among the most successful country music recording artists in the 1970s and 1980s.
Michael "Mystikal"Tyler is one of the best-known rappers from New Orleans. While his early recordings featured agile, rapid-fire vocal performances, his work in the 1990s moved closer to the conventions of the local bounce style, a dance-oriented genre.
Narvin Kimball enjoyed a long career as a successful New Orleans jazz and swing musician.
Nathan Abshire was a singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who was a central figure in the mid-twentieth-century evolution of Cajun music.
The National Theatre, built in 1866 on the corner of Baronne and Perdido Streets in New Orleans, was an important music venue in the city during the late nineteenth century.
Nellie Lutcher was a renowned singer and pianist from Lake Charles.
Art, Aaron, Charles, and Cyril Neville comprise one of the most successful groups to emerge from New Orleans in recent decades; among many other projects, this family of musicians has performed and recorded as "The Neville Brothers" since 1977.
Founded in 1970, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, known as Jazz Fest, draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to experience the music, cuisine, and cultural heritage of Louisiana.
New Orleans Musica da Camera is the oldest early music ensemble in the Americas, and one of the oldest classical music organizations in the South.
Founded in 1936, the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony permanently suspended operations in 1991.
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