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The musical options in New Orleans for the last week of June include a blues legend and the pairing of a pianist and a ...
New York comedian Emma Willmann has appeared on Comedy Central, Netflix and late-night TV and was on the TV show “Crazy ...
The lively songs and performances of Clifton Chenier, who would have turned 100 today, brought fans—including the Rolling ...
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Louisiana’s coastline is a river delta, formed by the Mississippi over millennia as its current slowed and relinquished its mud into a calm and sheltered gulf. In the back-and-forth contest ...
The late great guitarist Jeff Beck once had a song with the refrain, “Show me to where there’s music.” I remember it coming ...
The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how to experience the best of this Mississippi town’s music scene and more.
Louisiana-based roots rocker Tyron Benoit is set to release his latest album Mid-City on September 26 with a single coming next month.
Jackson and the Janks are a rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and garage gospel band. Known to light up the floor with fresh and time-honored dancin' ...
Playing as many as 150 gigs a year in 38 states and in more than nine different countries, the Lincoln-based Josh Hoyer & ...
Joel Savoy doesn’t remember exactly when he first heard the music of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco—the electrified and ...
In an exclusive interview with American Songwriter, C.C. Adcock, the producer of The Rolling Stones’ new Clifton Chenier tribute cover, says the track was the “coolest thing I’ve ever … been involved ...
This massive, extremely old tree in New Orleans is unexpected tourist attraction allows you to see giraffes in the city, but ...