Germany’s Bear Family Records, probably the world’s greatest reissue label, has given swamp blues artist and West Baton Rouge Parish native Slim Harpo the star treatment. James Moore, the singer and ...
Leslie Johnson, the architect of Louisiana swamp-blues who was better known as "Lazy Lester," died Wednesday afternoon at his home in Paradise, California. He was 85. In the 1950s and ’60s, Johnson ...
Two decades into a recording career that has included outstanding albums for the venerable blues label Blind Pig and Tab Benoit’s Whiskey Bayou Records, Florida native Damon Fowler makes his Landslide ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge Blues Festival brings musicians from across Louisiana and the nation for a weekend of swamp blues. According to the festival’s website, this Baton ...
Blues Fest Spotlights Luther Kent: 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Visit Baton Rouge Swamp Blues Stage New Orleans native Kent moved to Baton Rouge when he was 13 years old. But by then, he’d soaked up the ...
Louisiana-based guitarist and harpist Leslie Johnson got the nickname “Lazy Lester” in 1957, ostensibly because Excello Records producer Jay Miller thought it suited Johnson’s relaxed style, ...
Renowned swamp blues vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Carol Fran, best known for a string of single releases in the 1950s and ’60s, died on September 1 in Lafayette from post-COVID complications. She ...
The Baton Rouge Blues Festival will get underway in the capital city over the weekend of April 23-24, featuring more than 35 performances and nine interviews. The festival’s mission is to encourage ...
Friday, Jimmy Thackery is at Black-eyed Sally's. Thackery has been a festival headliner and has jammed for hours in many of the blues bars across the nation that keep the music alive. You can expect ...
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