Folk singer-songwriter Willi Carlisle is this year's guest artist at the 51st annual Alaska Folk Festival in April.

In this episode, Jake Clapp highlights the history of Black Creole Opera Composers in New Orleans with a story on the upcoming collection at HNOC. We also preview the March 2026 issue of The Pearl, ...

The annual Musical Louisiana concert, hosted by the Historic New Orleans Collection and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, will highlight the works for 19th century Creole composers, like Edmond Dede, ...

The Opry Saturday night celebrated the 25th anniversary of the music from "O Brother Where Art Thou?" with a star-studded ...

Many classic folk songs and spiritual songs were born on plantations, used as a way for slaves to discreetly communicate with one another.

I Give You My Silence is by no means a top-drawer, career-high Mario Vargas Llosa novel, but it has more than enough merits.

From Lynyrd Skynyrd's Southern rock anthem to Chuck Berry's pioneering rock and roll, join us as we explore the definitive ...

The Louisiana Center for the Book marked Black History Month with a virtual program featuring historian Wendy A. Gaudin and her book Sunset Limited: An Autobiography of Creole. The recorded discussion ...

Zydeco music, deeply rooted in Black and Creole culture, thrives today through artists like CJ Chenier, who honor its rich heritage and inspire new generations.

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In 2010, The Summit School of Traditional Music and Culture, under the leadership of Katie Trautz and Rebecca Singer, started ...