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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge Blues Festival brings musicians from across Louisiana and the nation for a ...

Lazy Lester, a singer, harmonica player and guitarist from Louisiana whose country- and Cajun-tinged sound made him an architect of the style known as swamp blues, died Wednesday at his home in ...

It hasn’t been easy following singer/songwriter Jonah Tolchin through the creative twists that follow his life fluctuations. Starting as an Americana folkie, then bluesman, the New Jersey native ...

Friday evening features Chris LeBlanc’s 5 p.m. Live After Five! performance at the Visit Baton Rouge Swamp Blues Stage and singer-pianist Hannah PK’s 4:30 p.m. set at the AARP Front Porch Stage. Blues ...

Louisiana’s Swamp Blues scene is alive and thriving, thanks to the latest offering from multi-Blues Music Award-winner and Grammy nominee Kenny Neal. According to a press release, the celebrated ...

Germany’s Bear Family Records, probably the world’s greatest reissue label, has given swamp blues artist and West Baton Rouge Parish native Slim Harpo the star treatment. James Moore, the singer and ...