As the temperature outside heats up, so does the chatter around the “song of the summer” — the unofficial name for the track that becomes inescapable between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The song of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A bill that would designate “Southern Nights” by New Orleans native Allen Toussaint as the state’s official cultural song has been signed into law by Governor John Bel ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is reshuffling its official state songs list. Lawmakers voted to add “Southern Nights” by New Orleans native Allen Toussaint as the state’s official cultural song, ...

Gov. John Bel Edwards can jettison Louisiana’s official state song and replace it with two better-known tunes under legislation that will reach his desk Thursday. The official state song is “Give Me ...

It’s the country’s longest-running, multicultural song-and-dance company. The Duquesne University Tamburitzans form a unique ensemble of young folk artists dedicated to the performance and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Compilation of 23 tracks by Ella Jenkins. Focuses on multicultural themes. Booklet includes lyrics, a discography, and notes written by the ...

Popular singer, Kingsley Okonkwo aka Kcee, has shared why he made a U-turn from Pop music to cultural songs. According to him, he wanted to showcase the Igbo culture to the world. The 44-year-old ...

Addis Ababa, September 4, 2025 (ENA) – Artists drawn from Ras Theater presented the famous Ethiopian News Year cultural song "Abeb Ayosh'' at the Chinese Embassy in Addis Ababa today in connection ...

To celebrate Ella Jenkins on her hundredth birthday in August, we asked a group of musicians how Ella has inspired them. Sophie Abramowitz In 2007, the Smithsonian recognized Ella Jenkins’s fifty-year ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana is reshuffling its official state songs list. Lawmakers voted to add “Southern Nights” by New Orleans native Allen Toussaint as the state’s official cultural song, while ...