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Christine Balfa. King Louie Bankston. Joe Barry (singer) Julianna Barwick. Lee Benoit. Camille Bob. Randy Boudreaux. Clint Brown (musician) Sidney Brown (accordion maker)
Lil Wayne. Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), [2] known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He is regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation, and widely considered one of the greatest rappers of all time. [3][4][5] Born and raised in New Orleans, he was discovered by hometown ...
The southwestern and south central Louisiana areas herald many artists and songs that have become international hits, won Grammy awards, and become highly sought after by collectors. In southwestern Louisiana in the 1800s, the fiddle was the most popular Cajun instrument and the music still carried clear influences from the Poitou region of ...
Slim Harpo. Slim Harpo (born James Isaac Moore; January 11, 1924 – January 31, 1970) [ 1 ][ a ] was an American blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues style, and "one of the most commercially successful blues artists of his day". [ 2 ] He played guitar and was a master of the blues harmonica, known in blues circles as a "harp".
Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or dirty south, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Florida —often titled “The Big 5,” five states which constitute the "Southern Network" in ...
Artists who were born in, have lived in, have worked in or been involved with Louisiana. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
1940–1980. Known for. Paintings of Black Southern life. Clementine Hunter (pronounced Clementeen; late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation. Hunter was born into a Louisiana Creole family at Hidden Hill ...
Zydeco (/ ˈzaɪdɪˌkoʊ, - diː -/ ZY-dih-koh, -dee-; French: zarico) is a music genre that was created in rural Southwest Louisiana by Afro-Americans of Creole heritage. It blends blues and rhythm and blues with music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles, such as la la and juré. Musicians use the French accordion and a Creole washboard ...