Lazy Lester, a Louisiana-born singer and harmonica player whose rough and rollicking style of swamp blues influenced musicians on both sides of the Atlantic, died Aug. 22 at his home in Paradise, ...
MARKSVILLE, La. (KLFY) — Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was joined by Marksville Mayor John Lemoine, Wilbert Carmouche with the Avoyelles Parish Commission of Tourism and legendary blues musician ...
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 ...
“Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away” follows Louisiana native Guy from cotton fields to the White House. The PBS "American Masters" documentary will debut on WLPB, Channel 27, at 8 p.m. Tuesday ...
In the mid-1800s, a German harmonica manufacturer named Hohner started exporting his product to North America. Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the ...
On a hot night in June, 91-year-old Louisiana-born bluesman Bobby Rush staged a PG-13 solo show at Chickie Wah Wah, the intimate Canal Street music venue. He picked and strummed a guitar, blew on a ...
“Classic Harmonica Blues,” out on May 21, features 20 tracks by the blues’ greatest harmonica players. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings In the early 20th-century, southern black ...
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