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Baton Rouge Blues Festival announces sneak peek of 2025 lineup
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Blues Festival doesn’t return until April, but organizers are giving the community a sneak peek of who to expect performing. According to the festival ...
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Singer Mamie Porter, who performed ‘gutbucket’ blues with her husband for 30 years, dies at 72
Baton Rouge’s blues community is mourning the death of singer Mamie Porter. A songwriter and vocalist who performed for 30 ...
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Louisiana blues singer Luther Kent dies at 76
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Community members and music lovers are mourning the loss of a Louisiana blues legend ... the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In addition to his lengthy music ...
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Best Times To Visit Baton Rouge
The best time to visit Baton Rouge is March through May and September through November. The spring and fall months offer highs in the 70s and 80s and plenty of events. Winters here are mild ...
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Larry Garner
He was born in 1952 and grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ... but he became much bigger after breaking out at a Blues festival in the UK in 1992. He recorded for Verve for a few years, and ...