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Donaldsonville Juneteenth Music Festival scheduled for June 15 at Louisiana Square

The 29th annual Donaldsonville Juneteenth Music Festival will be celebrated June 15 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Louisiana Square along Railroad Avenue in the city's historic district.During the May 7 Ascension Parish Council finance committee meeting, Chair Michael Mason said the event has been funded through the City of Donaldsonville and vendor fees. The parish will be a co-sponsor, as the committee approved the appropriation of $8,000 for […]

todayMay 8, 2024 2

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Museum of the Gulf Coast launches unique radio station celebrating the music and legends of coastal Texas and Louisiana – Port Arthur News

Museum of the Gulf Coast launches unique radio station celebrating the music and legends of coastal Texas and Louisiana Published 12:16 am Thursday, November 9, 2023 David Varnado, left, Jude Moreau, Jonathan Bourque and Brandon Ledet belt out Cajun tunes during the celebration naming Port Arthur the Cajun capital of Texas at the Museum of the Gulf Coast. (Mary Meaux/The News) The rich musical heritage of the U.S. Gulf Coast […]

todayNovember 9, 2023 1

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Officials: Louisiana’s music industry tax incentives are ‘underutilized’ – Louisiana

(The Center Square) — A legislative subcommittee assembled to study the state’s music industry and ways to promote it held its first meeting in Baton Rouge on Monday. The Subcommittee on the Study of the LA Music Industry under the House Committee on Commerce heard from an array of state officials and industry professionals on Monday about the current status of the industry and efforts to expand it. The subcommittee […]

todayNovember 2, 2023 2

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Louisiana Music Star Damon Troy Recovering After Suffering Stroke

The Louisiana music community was taken aback by the news of local Cajun music sensation Damon Troy, real name Damon Dugas, suffering a stroke on the night of October 27th, 2023, right after a live concert performance.An update from the official Damon Troy Facebook account written by Angel Chauvin stated, "Damon had a stroke Friday night after a show. He is still suffering from numbness, tingling, and weakness on the […]

todayNovember 1, 2023 4

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EskewDumezRipple to design Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience Museum

  The legendary jazz musician Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton once said, “It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the Cradle of Jazz, and I myself happen to be the inventor in the year 1902.” A bold claim. While Jelly Roll famously declared sole authorship over the genre, some argue jazz music was collectively invented in New Orleans’s Congo Square before the U.S. Civil War; others locate jazz’s […]

todayOctober 11, 2023 3

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