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 ...

Baton Rouge swamp-blues artist James Moore, better known as Slim Harpo, received more recognition in the past decade than he ever received in his brief lifetime. Another tribute to Moore came last ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge Blues Festival brings musicians from across Louisiana and the nation for a weekend of swamp blues. According to the festival’s website, this Baton ...

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 ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Gather your friends and family to enjoy food, more than 30 performers, dozens of artist vendors, and kid activities for the Baton Rouge Blues Festival happening April 19 ...