Lesli Rambin

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…

One of northeast Louisiana's legendary Blues singers, Toussaint Mccall, was inducted into the Northeast Louisiana Music Award Hall of Fame in 2016.As a…

Irma Thomas was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana in 1941. Although she never achieved the same level of stardom that her contemporaries, Aretha Franklin and…

Along the Red River and just north of Shreveport lies the town of Mooringsport, Louisiana. Out of this bucolic and unassuming community came a man who…

Little Walter was a true pioneer of the blues. He helped bring the harmonica into a spotlight of its own. He became one of the great Chicago bluesmen,…

AlcideGaspard, otherwise known as Blind Uncle Gaspard was born just south of Marksville, Louisiana in 1880. Blinded at the age of seven, Gaspard grew up…

KEDM Public Radio received a $2,000 grant from Entergy Charitable Foundation for the production of a new weekly radio series calledByway Bluesbeginning in…

Ivory Joe Hunter was born in Texas and blazed a blues trail through the heart of the Louisiana Delta. Hunter's musicianship brought honors from different…

In Part One of the Byway Blues Special, Kirby and Lesli Rambin feature the early days of Blind Joe Reynolds.Reynolds, born in Tallulah, Louisiana, also…

Click here for a collection of stories featured in this program.KEDM Public Radio begins its Fall Membership Campaign with a two hour special celebrating…