LOUISIANA MUSIC HALL OF FAME

Watching film clips of jazz legend Louis Armstrong mopping the sweat from his brow with a white silk handkerchief, one would never guess he spent his

Born in Campti, Louisiana, Floyd Cramer grew up in the tiny sawmill town of Huttig, Arkansas.  By age five, he was teaching himself to play the piano

Born in Abbeville and raised in nearby Kaplan, Sammy Kershaw’s father died when he was only eleven.  To support his family, Sammy worked odd jobs duri

At the first Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans in 2002, New Orleans songwriter, pianist, and record producer, Allen Toussaint, was looking over merchandi

When it started out in Baton Rouge as the Jeff Pollard Band in 1975, there was little indication that it would lead to an African tour with Gatemouth

Allen Toussaint (Jan. 14, 1938–November 10, 2015) created a monster of sorts when he wrote Mother-In-Law for Ernie K-Doe. When K-Doe recorded his sign

Dave Bartholomew (Dec. 24, 1918-June 23, 2019) was a catalyst in molding and shaping the New Orleans sound during rock & roll’s formative

It was in December 1959 that Alvin Lee Johnson (born June 20, 1939) entered Cosimo Matassa’s recording studio.  He emerged from the studio on