‘They tried to stop the Black man from singing in the cotton fields:’ Roots of blues in Louisiana by: Sydney Simone Posted: Feb 28, 2024 / 10:18 AM EST Updated: Feb 28, 2024 / 10:32 AM EST ...

‘They tried to stop the Black man from singing in the cotton fields:’ Roots of blues in Louisiana by: Sydney Simone Posted: Feb 28, 2024 / 09:17 AM CST Updated: Feb 28, 2024 / 09:51 AM CST ...

Updated: Feb 28, 2024 / 10:19 AM EST BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Music is a big part of Louisiana culture, but there’s one specific genre that’s known to stand out in Baton Rouge.

‘They tried to stop the Black man from singing in the cotton fields:’ Roots of blues in Louisiana by: Sydney Simone Posted: Feb 28, 2024 / 10:17 AM EST Updated: Feb 28, 2024 / 10:17 AM EST ...

Updated: Feb 28, 2024 / 10:19 AM EST BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Music is a big part of Louisiana culture, but there’s one specific genre that’s known to stand out in Baton Rouge.

“The blues is life. From the time you are born until you die,” said Johnson. Johnson said in the mid-1900s, nightclubs were on plantations. Singing blues was a way for slaves to connect and ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Music is a big part of Louisiana culture, but there’s one specific genre that’s known to stand out in Baton Rouge. “The black man’s music in America been ...