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Louisiana Bands & Labels
Balfa Toujours,
a traditional Cajun band from Southwest Louisiana. Led by Christine Balfa,
daughter of the late, great Cajun fiddler Dewey Balfa.
Basin
Street Records, home to Los Hombres Calientes, Jason Marsalis, Irvin
Mayfield, Dr. Michael White, and Kermit Ruffins! Articles, show dates,
sound clips, merchandise info, etc.
The Official Better Than Ezra
home page, with tour info, sound clips, interactive chat, and more.
The official Cowboy
Mouth home page, with merchandise info and a newsletter
from the band.
The Dash Rip Rock
page, complete with tour dates, sound clips, and interviews.
Online home of The
Iguanas, a New Orleans based band that "combines Tex-mex,
Rock, R&B and much more." Info, dates, merchandise, etc.
The Official Dr. John
page.
The funk grooves of Galactic
on the Fog City Records site.
Wendy
Colonna is a gifted South Louisiana musician who
regularly plays in Shreveport. "Smooth, limber
melodies over infectious jazz-funk."
Local Music Links / Local Links
"Today, Downtown Shreveport is one of Louisiana's
most ambitious business and entertainment districts." Download the 5-Year Plan
from the Downtown Development Authority.
Online home of the GarrDog,
a music publication sponsored by the Shreveport Underground.
Playaz and Playettes is
a non-profit, charitable educational organization located in the historic, low
income district of Ledbetter Heights in Shreveport, Louisiana. Projects
include the Wider Education Through Music Participation program.
Support your local public radio station. Visit the Red River Radio homepage for NPR News, All Things
Considered, Bunny Tales, program guides, and more.
Web site for the Shreveport
Regional Arts Council, affectionately known as
"SHRAC."
The Shreveport
Symphony Orchestra with ticket and seating information, on air schedule, and
SSO projects.
Shreveport Underground is
the home for many of SB's best hard core, punk, and metal
musicians.
ShreveportRocks is
the site for chatting with fellow rock lovers, 98 Rocks news and more.
Find out where the ShreveportRocks team will be located next!
A disco house label, Soul
Phusion Records, based in Shreveport and in partnership
with some folks in FL.
A Louisiana Landmark: Stan the Man's Record Shop.
WebLaw for contact information of Louisiana attorneys, senators and congressman,
and other government phone numbers and addresses.
Louisiana Links
Site for the fantastic PRI show hosted by Nick Spitzer
from the French Quarter, American Routes. "Covers the vast American musical landscape, spanning genres and
eras—from Aretha Franklin to George Jones, Los Lobos to Howlin' Wolf, Count Basie to
Beck, Gershwin to Dylan, Armstrong to Marsalis, a cappella to zydeco."
The Louisiana Music
Commission: The state program to foster the music
industry in Louisiana. "At the Louisiana Music Commission, we're dedicated to
promoting and developing our music industry to its fullest potential. After all, as the
wellspring of America's music, Louisiana offers music lovers more than a lifetime's worth
of music history that continues to be written today."
Check out the Louisiana Philharmonic Page for schedules of
upcoming concerts and other information on the LPO.
Louisianaradio.com
is a 24 hour webcast of Lousiana
music. "If you're looking for Cajun, Creole, jazz, blues, swamp
pop, zydeco, New Orleans rhythm and blues, or any of Louisiana's roots music,
you're in the right place. We're bringing you Louisiana's music 24 hours a
day."
Mississippi: River of Song.
Site for the PBS documentary. "Through live
performances and intimate discussions with musicians along the course of the
Mississippi River, the series discovers the music that has flourished in the
heart of the nation."
Radio Louisiane
is an internet broadcast of the French, Cajun, Acadian & Zydeco AM radio
station KJEF (1290am) out of Jennings, LA.
Zyde.com
is another great e-zine for Louisiana music, created by Gary
Dauphin. Features include articles, interviews, reviews and more
Local Legends
"The guitar hero's guitar hero." A short biography of legendary
rock guitarist James Burton
on a UK Telecaster web site.
Read about Dale
Hawkins, the "Rock 'n Roll Tornado," on this European Rockabilly
site.
This is the site for studio pioneer and legend Joe
Osborn, bassist in the famous Wrecking
Crew of the West Coast.
Find out about American
legend Huddie
Ledbetter from
Mooringsport, Louisiana.
A site for the Louisiana
Hayride with content by Robert Gentry and featuring links to some of the
classic country music stars that were made famous on the Shreveport radio
show.
A Louisiana
Hayride site sponsored by Maggie and Alton Warwick, owners of the legendary
Ram Records in Shreveport.
An interesting essay and album preface by Dan Garner,
a.k.a. Louisiana Dan, about the historical Shreveport neighborhood know as Old
Blue Goose (now Wilson Alley).
An
excellent website devoted to John
Slim Campbell,
legendary blues guitarist and recording artist from
Shreveport.
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