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