In Louisiana, there’s a celebration for just about everything. But only one festival gathers around a pot that’s been simmering for generations: the Louisiana Red Beans and Rice Heritage and Music Festival. Once a year in Baton Rouge, the Monday ritual steps out of the kitchen and onto a stage. ...
In New Orleans, neighborhoods like the Lower Ninth Ward and Tremé, music is part of everyday life. That’s where Kermit Ruffins grew up, learning his craft in a city where jazz is woven deep into the culture. Ruffins first picked up the trumpet in eighth grade at Lawless Junior High School and ...
Bobby Rush is a Grammy Award–winning blues musician whose career spans more than seventy years. Born in Homer, Louisiana, Rush has continued recording and touring into his 90s, building a body of work rooted in traditional blues and shaped by decades on the road. {photo credit: Bobby Rush's ...
