There’s a lyric in one of the final songs in Arizona Theatre Company‘s production of “Blues in the Night” that director Ricardo Khan said kinda fits where we are in America today: “I got ...
Baton Rouge’s blues community is mourning the death of singer Mamie Porter. A songwriter and vocalist who performed for 30 years with her husband, Smokehouse Porter, she died Saturday at the ...
A musical celebration of life/blues jam in tribute to local blues artist Mamie Porter will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday at Phil Brady’s in Baton Rouge. Porter, who performed "gutbucket" blues ...
A larger-than-life Alabama music legend who had a profound influence on the evolution of rock and roll gets a fresh look in a new film that gives a sense of the spirit behind her stage persona.
The Caribbean jazz trumpeter’s debut album for Blue Note Records was recorded in London in 1958. A teenage trumpet prodigy raised on calypso and jazz, Alphonso “Dizzy” Reece was born in ...
Welcoming a new baby into your life is a joyous occasion, but it's also common to experience a range of emotions during this time. Many new mothers go through the baby blues, characterised by mood ...