The Boot
Monday through Thursday night at 7, late night on Friday and Saturday
The Boot is the musical heartbeat of the Delta. It's a mix of Louisiana artists, Southern regional acts and other bands covering blues, funk, soul, zydeco and more; all with a connection to the Gulf South.
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Her most successful single was "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)," which reached number six on the R&B chart in 1966
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The New Orleans band talks about their new album, Pour It Out Into the Night.
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The musician had numerous top 100 hits and charted #5 on the R&B charts with 'Nothing Takes The Place of You"
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Across the street from the jazz icon's home in Queens, a site of pilgrimage for fans from around the world, sits the new Louis Armstrong Center, which brings his 60,000-item archive back to the block.
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Ira Barger joins Cory Crowe on Lagniappe to talk about the new blues society and upcoming events
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Lainey Wilson won album of the year for Bell Bottom Country and Chris Stapleton was named entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
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New Orleans-based musical artists like George Porter Jr., Irma Thomas and Deacon John remain festival stalwarts.
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The Country Music Association held its annual awards on Wednesday night by having some of the genre's biggest stars pay tribute to the late country queen Loretta Lynn.
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Spokesperson Zach Furman said Lewis died Friday morning at his Mississippi home near Memphis.
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A new documentary explores Armstrong's experience as a Black American musician coming of age right along with the 20th century.
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The country singer brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting over the course of her 60-year career.
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Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express will be preforming 7-9 p.m. Friday night.
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Eric Clapton and Chet Atkins both said that he is the greatest guitarist they ever saw, and Todd Rundgren stated, “The two best guitarists in the world are Tommy Emmanuel.”
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Mystikal has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of raping and choking a woman
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The agency surveilled Franklin and those around her to gauge how deeply she was involved in organizations tied to Communism, the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement.
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August's concert is a tribute show to West Monroe native, Webb Pierce. Pierce was a popular honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist in the 1950s.
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Filled with pop mosaics, Surrender feels like a quintessentially summer album. Naturally, we asked Maggie Rogers for a roséwave playlist.
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The iconic singer-songwriter wasn't able to walk or talk after a brain aneurysm in 2015. Dr. Anthony Wang, a neurosurgeon, explains the challenges she faced as a musician and her remarkable comeback.