Bassist Cullen Landry first played classic New Orleans rhythm & blues with the Jokers in the late 1950s, when he was a student at Jesuit High School. Nearly 60 years later, he’s still celebrating the ...

Rick Olivier has spent a lifetime photographing south Louisiana musicians. He’s also an avid collector of 45 rpm records from the golden era of New Orleans rhythm and blues, which informs his approach ...

Rhythm and blues — better known as R&B — has changed a lot over the years. The registers are higher, the production elements are more prominent and other genres are starting to have a lot more ...