Rosemary Westwood from member station WWNO asked a few of New Orlean's favorite musicians about the songs they like to listen to around Christmas.

When the iconic “Queen Of Bounce” Big Freedia set out to make her first-ever gospel album, she did it to spread joy and hope to a world at a time when we needed it most. She never imagined how much ...

Baptist preacher and blues musician the Rev. Robert Jones Sr. once told an interviewer that “the sacred and the secular grew up right next to each other,” backing his claim with Psalm 30:5: “Weeping ...

The Queen of Bounce tells PEOPLE about leaning into her gospel roots on new album 'Pressing Onward,' out now Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked ...

These final Summer days seem to be flying by, as it only seems like yesterday we were celebrating the start of August with some fresh releases. A week into the month, and the Caustic Factory is ...

Big Freedia is known as the Queen of Bounce, but her latest album provided an opportunity to try something completely different: gospel. “If you didn't know, the Queen of Bounce started in gospel. I ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Big Freedia about her new album, "Pressing Onward," and how her childhood singing in the church led her to this... Big Freedia takes bounce music to church on new album, ...

Big Freedia may be best known as the queen of bounce music, a New Orleans icon, and the standout feature on Beyonce's "Break My Soul." For now, anyway. With her new album, Pressing Onward, she just ...