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Straight From The Heart: Baton Rouge’s Kenny Neal celebrates his Louisiana roots
The Crescent City Blues and Barbecue Festival is among Kenny Neal’s favorite festivals in the world. “That’s our old stomping grounds,” the widely traveled Neal said at his recording studio […]
Kenny Neal and Tito Jackson team up for tour that includes two concerts in Louisiana
Two of the most acclaimed and exciting performers in the blues scene are teaming up and taking their show on the road. The illustrious Tito Jackson and critically lauded Kenny […]
Kenny Neal, Straight from the Heart (Ruf Records)
In this 35th anniversary year of his recording debut, Baton Rouge’s Kenny Neal follows his Grammy-nominated 2016 album, Bloodline, with Straight from the Heart. Packed with authentic south Louisiana blues […]
Robert Finley, Kenny Neal among headliners for 2022 Baton Rouge Blues Festival
The Baton Rouge Blues Festival will get underway in the capital city over the weekend of April 23-24, featuring more than 35 performances and nine interviews. The festival’s mission is […]
Kenny Neal: Swamp Blues in His Bloodline
Throughout his long, successful career, guitarist, vocalist and composer Kenny Neal has been associated with Baton Rouge and its hybrid musical style known as swamp blues. “It has a French […]
Buddy Guy, Samantha Fish, Kenny Neal, Bobby Rush nab BMA noms
The Memphis-based Blues Foundation has announced the nominees for the 40th annual Blues Music Awards. Among them are several Louisiana musicians. New Orleans-based singer-guitarist Samantha Fish has two nominations — […]
Kenny Neal: More to Life
Kenny Neal, one of Baton Rouge’s internationally known blues artists, grew up in the country. His bluesman father, the late Raful Neal, filled the family’s house in West Baton Rouge […]
Kenny Neal’s Family & Friends Heritage Blues Festival: Photos
Baton-Rouge-based blues guitarist Kenny Neal—son of Louisiana blues great Raful Neal—hosted a festival for in Port Allen, Louisiana on Saturday, March 3: Kenny Neal’s Family & Friends Heritage Blues Festival. […]
Kenny Neal, Hooked On Your Love (Blind Pig Records)
Like the jazz tradition in New Orleans and zydeco music’s in South Louisiana, many of the current blues artists that from Baton Rouge are second, and even third generation musicians. […]
Kenny Neal, Let Life Flow (Blind Pig)
Let Life Flow sounds like Kenny Neal is trying to make a blues album, but he keeps getting interrupted by life. It has songs you expect: A fine version of […]
