BAND NAME OF THE WEEK: Running From
Nashville’s The Steel Woods has all of the talent necessary to carry the Southern rock torch. But don’t tell the band’s co-founder and co-songwriter that.
Grammy-winning Christian music singer Lauren Daigle is extending her world tour, and will be coming back to perform in her home state next summer.
For King & Country, the brothers duo who performed in Lafayette last spring, will be making some major appearances in the coming weeks.
BAND NAME OF THE WEEK: Endless Shrimp Duo
A master of R&B romance, Brian McKnight sings his love songs with glowing sincerity. Expressing himself in silky tenor tones that climb to emotional high notes, McKnight knows exactly what his audiences want.
Songwriter and keyboardist Lucas Spinosa assembled an impressive cast of south Louisiana all-stars for “Friends and Legends of Louisiana.” Spinosa — who was the leader of the Baton Rouge-area band Southern Star in the 1990s — produced the album, d…
Kanye West, the popular, controversial rap star who released his first gospel album last week, staged one of his “Sunday Service” concerts beneath the giant white crosses on the vast Bethany Church South lawn off Rieger Road. Despite the last-minu…
If you plan to attend Kanye West's "Sunday Service" program Friday night at Baton Rouge's Bethany Church, be advised there are strict parking and traffic restrictions in place.
Hip-hop star Kanye West is scheduled to lead a revival Friday on the Rieger Road campus of Bethany Church.
BAND NAME OF THE WEEK: Elephant Wrecking Ball
Pop Shop shacks up with Music Exchange
For 15 years, musician Susan Cowsill's solo work has included "Covered in Vinyl," a series of classic album performances. In New Orleans, where she has lived since 1993, Cowsill has performed more than 100 albums for "Covered in Vinyl."
James West finished his first true solo project more than two years ago, but he never bothered to tell anyone about it. In fact, it wasn’t until the death of a close friend that West decided to share his work with the world.
"Baton Rouge sucks" grabs your attention.
Lots of events are on the horizon. Here’s a quick overview of items that may be of interest to you.
Christian music singer Lauren Daigle is poised to earn another major music award, continuing a yearlong streak of recognition following her latest album, "Look Up Child."
BAND NAME OF THE WEEK: Amazing Nuns
If you placed every Melvins release together end-to-end, they would stretch halfway to the moon.
Veteran Baton Rouge emcee Marcel P. Black has been on a mission to elevate the message in contemporary rap music for the past 11 years.
The Halloween season is in full swing.
Five people who have spread the blues through their music and advocacy are set to be honored at a gala Thursday hosted by the Baton Rouge Blues Foundation, the organization behind the annual spring festival that draws thousands of music fans to Lo…
It's not John Schneider's first rodeo, but it's special nonetheless.
BAND NAME OF THE WEEK: Endless Shrimp Duo
Local Notes is a column rounding up the latest news from the Baton Rouge music community. Have a new single, just announced your album release date or about to head out on tour? Let us know about it by emailing jclapp@theadvocate.com.
Pablo Sainz Villegas, in the tradition of classical guitar masters Andrés Segovia, Julian Bream and John Williams, is a world-traveling virtuoso of the 21st century.
Kinky Vanilla may by my new favorite flavor of rock ‘n’ roll.
Every year, the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair adds a little something new.
Although Jordan Chase was only a child during the years he and his family lived in the New Orleans area, the blues and soul permeating the city has stuck with him.
Grammy-winning Christian music singer Lauren Daigle came home to Louisiana Friday night for a concert at the Raising Cane’s River Center. The singer’s family members from Baton Rouge, Prairieville and Lafayette attended the concert and a pre-show …
Pop Shop Records, the Mid City vinyl shop, will be starting a new chapter later this month.
Just two weeks since his hometown kick-off concert in Denham Springs, three more shows have been added to Louisiana singer and American Idol Laine Hardy's first nationwide tour.
BAND NAME OF THE WEEK: The Yat Pack
People still ask Leroy “Lonnie” Jordan why the band is called War.
For many longtime listeners of the genre, today’s popular country music lacks a certain tenacity. The heyday of country outlaws like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson has come and gone, replaced by the mass-market country pop you hear on the radio.
A career can last a long time, a short time or almost no time. The highs can be quick and dizzying, the lows long and devastating.
An all-star lineup will gather Thursday for a fundraising jam session and tribute in Baton Rouge for Henry Gray, the 94-year-old blues singer-pianist who has performed and recorded with such blues legends as Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and B.B. King.
BAND NAME OF THE WEEK: Subliminal Landmines
Local Notes is a column rounding up the latest news from the Baton Rouge music community. Have a new single, just announced your album release date or about to head out on tour? Let us know about it by emailing jclapp@theadvocate.com.
Smooth jazz has sometimes been knocked for being shallow, merely Muzak blended with bland, unfunky grooves. Pianist-composer Alan Williams and his “Just Sayin’ ” album, however, avoid the genre’s pitfalls through a soulful touch, appealing melodie…
Michael Mwenso says he knows the value of fans appreciating his artistry whenever his band, Mwenso & The Shakes, travels. That's why he's eager to start the band's 32-city tour, "Harlem 100," in celebration of the centennial anniversary of the…
Laine Hardy's fans, more than 5,000 of them, crowded into Denham Springs' North Park on Saturday for the American Idol's daylong homecoming bash, capped when he took the stage at 9 p.m. to loud cheers from the adoring crowd.
Michael W. Smith is celebrating his long career in Christian music with his “35 Years of Friends” tour, which he will play at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church, 19421 Greenwell Springs Road.
When a group of “dirty” actors rolled into rural Pointe Coupee Parish on motorcycles to film “Easy Rider” more than 50 years ago, few people, if any, imagined the movie they made would achieve the success it did.
BAND NAME OF THE WEEK: The Rouxsters
Saxophonist Brad Walker’s career has taken him from intimate jazz clubs in New Orleans to multithousand-seat theaters around the world.
If you know the name Stevie Spring, its likely for his face-melting contributions to Baton Rouge psych-rock mainstay Loudness War or for his role in the jazzy hip-hop ensemble _thesmoothcat & The 9th Life. But lately, Spring has been writing a…
BAND NAME OF THE WEEK: Thelma & The Sleaze
Local Notes is a column rounding up the latest news from the Baton Rouge music community. Have a new single, just announced your album release date or about to head out on tour? Let us know about it by emailing jclapp@theadvocate.com.
Shaquille O'Neal is a pretty big electronic dance music fan.
It’s been 20 years since brothers Louis and Andre Michot formed Lost Bayou Ramblers. Across those two decades, the band's refreshingly modern Cajun music has taken the group all over the world, earning them a Grammy Award along the way.