Season 10 Performances

Johnson's former bandmates from The Figs come together with friends including Steve Riley, members of the Red Stick Ramblers, Woody Pines, and Johnson's family to honor her in this special evening of music and art and to remember what a gift she truly was to all of us.

Johnson's former bandmates from The Figs come together with friends including Steve Riley, members of the Red Stick Ramblers, Woody Pines, and Johnson's family to honor her in this special evening of music and art and to remember what a gift she truly was to all of us.

Grammy Award Winner: 2020 Best Regional Roots Music Album This Grammy Award winning, Charleston, SC-based quintet, performs timeless music born from the Gullah culture of the southeastern Sea Islands. Their debut album was featured on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and the TODAY show. It also soared to the #1 position on the Billboard, […]

Grammy Award Nominee:  2019 Best Traditional Blues Album & 2016 Best Blues Album; Blues Music Award:  4-time winner The 39-year-old lives on several acres not far from the Holly Springs, Mississippi, home where he was raised by his grandfather “Big Daddy,” the late singer/songwriter/guitarist R.L. Burnside, whom Cedric famously played accompanied, just as his own […]

The AcA brings together some of the most promising new music stars from Louisiana.  Discover the music and stories from rising stars like Dianella and the Arrows (New Orleans), Chapel Hart (New Orleans), Sick Ride (Lafayette), Berkley the Artist (New Orleans), and more!

Awards:  Grammy Award Nominee: 2006 Best Compilation Soundtrack (Little Miss Sunshine) DeVotchKa is a four-piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble. They take their name from the Russian word devochka (девочка), meaning “girl”. Based in Denver, Colorado, the quartet is made up of Nick Urata, who sings and plays theremin, guitar, bouzouki, piano, and trumpet; Tom Hagerman, […]

The sons of Gregg Allman (Devon Allman) and Dickey Betts (Duane Betts) have joined forces to form The Allman Betts Band. They kicked off their World Tour on March 27, 2019 and sold out twelve of their first eighteen shows.  The show features new music, songs from their solo projects and classic Allman Brothers and […]

2015 Americana Music Honors & Awards Nominee: Duo/Group of the Year The Lone Bellow burst onto the scene with their self-titled debut in 2013. The Brooklyn-based band quickly became known for their transcendent harmonies, serious musicianship and raucous live performance — a reputation that earned them their rabid fan base. It’s been six years since […]

Louisiana Crossroads has provided a closer look into the music careers of Louisiana-born artists to Acadiana audiences for 20 years. From its inception in 2001, the music series has presented stars like Anders Osborne, Marcia Ball, Tab Benoit, Sonny Landreth, John Hiatt, and Irma Thomas. 

Awards:  Grammy Award Winner: 5-time winner (2018, 2015, 2011, 2006) [13 nominations total]; Doris Duke Artist Award:  2013 Billy Childs has emerged as one of the foremost American composers of his era, earning him the most distinctly American composer since Aaron Copeland.  A native of Los Angeles, Childs grew up immersed in jazz, classical, and […]

Grammy Award Winner: 2006 Best Bluegrass Album; Grammy Award Nominee:  2004 Best Bluegrass Album; International Bluegrass Music Awards: 9-time winner Even among the pantheon of music’s finest artists, Del McCoury stands alone. From the nascent sound of bluegrass that charmed hardscrabble hillbilly honkytonks, rural schoolhouse stages, and the crowning glory of the Grand Ole Opry […]