Music

On the edge of West Monroe sits a 20-acre plot of land home to North Louisiana’s only vineyard, Landry Vineyards. Call ahead and you can take a tour of the vineyard, winery, and tasting room. Their wine is available in stores all...

Author: Jerrica Bennett

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Disaster relief can come in many forms, and one way Louisiana recovers is with its music, resulting in concerts throughout the state benefitting those who have lost so much. Much of the southern region of Louisiana faced...

Author: Connie Boudreaux Silva

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LouisianaTravel.com’s most popular blog posts are a great representation of the Bayou State. These ten stories have the most number of page views over the past 12 months, and our cuisine, holidays, storied past and natural beauty...

Author: Connie Boudreaux Silva

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We launched the Only Louisiana blog about a year ago with a crash course in Louisiana music for our state’s visitors. In addition to being one of the top two draws for travelers (the other being our cuisine), it’s the most...

Author: Jeff Richard

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I am a music festival groupie. I plan my vacations around which acts are playing where. And as a longtime country music fan (my first concert was LeAnn Rimes in 1996), I look forward to Bayou Country Superfest every year. In its...

Author: MC Iles

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If you drive down I-10 through south-central Louisiana, you’ll notice big brightly painted brown highway signs for the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. The American-Indian word Atchafalaya (Think of a sneeze: uh-CHA-fuh-LIE-uh...

Author: Ashley Herrick

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When indie-rocker-turned-superstar Jack White took the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium stage in June 2014 — complete with archival video of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter projected on the walls behind him — anyone with any...

Author: Chris Jay

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If a rich history and world-acclaimed cuisine are the head and heart of Louisiana, music is surely its collective soul. So it’s only fitting that the first post on the LouisianaTravel.com blog be by me, a 30-year hobbyist...

Author: Jeff Richard

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