Blues

Downtown West Monroe will begin its 2022 Ouachita Live concert series on Friday, March 25.

The Downtown West Monroe Revitalization Group features the Lucious Spiller Band at the free Ouachita Live concert on Friday, September 27 from 5:30-9:30…

In 1978, Doyle Jeter started searching for a place to build his legacy in Monroe. Jeter grew up around the music scenes of Philadelphia and New York. He…

The Northeast Louisiana Arts Council and KEDM Public Radio are hosting a screening of I Am the Blues, a film about the history of blues music in the…

Mable John, “Motown’s first singing lady” is a Bastrop, Louisiana native. The eldest of 10 children, she became the first female signed by Berry Gordy to…

National Blues Hall of Famer, Doug Duffey was born in Monroe, Louisiana. Named as the “Louisiana Ambassador of the Blues,” Duffey was inducted into the…

In 1929, The African-American Enterprise established the Miller-Roy building in Monroe, Louisiana. The building, once owned by prominent African-American…