The word at the sixth annual Juneteenth Festival in New Orleans on Thursday was heritage. Among the throngs who gathered in ...

For their newest release Bo Dollis Jr. & The Wild Magnolias went upriver to inject some Memphis blues and soul into their New ...

The result is The Bywater Sessions (due out April 25th), a musical tour-de-force that showcases the grit, funk and joy that’s packed concert halls from New Orleans to Tokyo and beyond. Co-produced by ...

The NSW south coast town of Milton will host the first Milton Folk, Jazz and Blues Festival in May. The event at Milton, south of Nowra, north of Bega, will take place across 9, 10 and 11 May 2025.

Watch the exclusive premiere of the new, mysterious music video for Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush’s collaborative blues tune ... lines along with horn-driven New Orleans-style musical ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Cosimo Matassa, the legendary recording engineer and studio owner who helped introduce and shape New Orleans' early rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll sound and was inducted ...

Actor and New Orleans resident John Goodman was onstage in the Superdome during Super Bowl XXXI in 1997 for the “Blues Brothers Bash,” cavorting alongside Jim Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown ...

i feel like a lot of times in new orleans we get so, you know, caught up in how well we treat each other, that it’s sometimes hard to imagine things lik Updated: 10:59 AM CST Jan 12, 2025 ...

The opening track, “Dusty House Blues,” was inspired by an actual dusty ceiling Pierson saw when she was staying in a house in the French Quarter of New Orleans a few years ago.

New Orleans blues and soul belter Luther Kent earned his 'Big' nickname ... During a 60-year career, Kent led one of New Orleans’ most formidable horn-powered bands, Trick Bag.

NEW ORLEANS — A beloved Louisiana blues singer has died at age 76. ... They formed a large New Orleans horn band which became known as "Luther Kent & Trick Bag," according to his website.

A powerhouse vocalist inspired by blues, soul and classic rhythm-and-blues from his native New Orleans, Luther Kent died early Friday morning at his home in Livingston Parish. He was 76.