Louisiana blues
The Louisiana blues is a kind of Blues which is characterized by heavy rates/rhythms which produce a dark and intense music. From this style was born a sub-genus, the Swamp blues (mainly in the neighborhoods of Baton-Rouge), which underlines and amplifies the dark character and the heavy rates/rhythms of Louisiana standard blues.
Artists of Louisiana blues
- Nathan Abshire
- Marcia Ball
- Guitar Junior
- Slim Harpo
- Lazy To ballast
- Lightnin' Slim
- Lonesome Sundown
- Raful Neal
- Tabby Thomas
- Leroy Washington
- Katie Webster
- Robert Pete Williams