Black Gospel
Gospel music is a broad term for Christian religious music…
Blues
The blues is a basic bedrock source of American indigenous…
Bounce
Bounce is an intensely local and popular form of indigenous…
Brass Bands of New Orleans
In the 19th century, brass band music became a national…
Cajun Music
The Cajun music of southwestern Louisiana and east Texas shines…
Calenda Dance
The Calinda was a voodoo dance brought to Louisiana from…
Classical Music
From the late 17th century on, Louisiana has enthusiastically supported…
Country Music
Country music encompasses an extremely wide range of material created…
Dixieland
Dixieland, which was developed in New Orleans, is one of…
Funk
Few words conjure as many meanings and ideas as the…
Hip-Hop
Intro to American Hiphop By Region: East Coast
The West…
Jazz
Traditional New Orleans jazz began to emerge in the city…
Jazz Funerals and Second Line Parades
New Orleans is a city of parades, most famously the…
Mardi Gras Indians
By Ben Sandmel
The Mardi Gras Indians are African-American men…
New Orleans Sound
With strong drums, heavy guitar and bass, light piano, light…
Opera and Ballet
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries New Orleans was regarded…
Rap, Hip-Hop and Bounce Music
Although rap, hip-hop and bounce are often regarded as contemporary/cutting-edge…
Record Labels in Louisiana
Louisiana has been home to locally-based record companies since the…
Rhythm & Blues Music
Rhythm & blues – also known as R&B – is…
Rock Music
“Rock music” is an umbrella term that covers a wide…
Rockabilly
Rockabilly music is a seminal, first-generation rock-and-roll style distinguished by…
Shape Note Singing
The a capella genre known as shape-note singing, primarily heard…
Swamp Pop Music
Swamp pop is a hybrid of rock, pop, blues and…
Zydeco
Zydeco (pronounced ZY-duh-coe) is the exuberant dance music of Creoles…