happy Black History Month y’all!
you know around here every month is Black History Month buuuut since it’s February, I’ll be coming to your feed every week with a little moment in BlackAmericana history.
this is me sharing things I’ve learned, and am still learning, about my own musical lineage and heritage: following the threads, asking questions, and honoring the folks who came before. hope you enjoy and learn alongside me 🖤🎶
What’s something you’ve learned recently about Black music history? Tell me in the comments 🗯️
We stand with our immigrant neighbors. We stand with every family in New Orleans grieving, afraid, or harmed by the recent ICE occupation of our community.
We deserve to be free to gather, to work with dignity, and to feel safe in our own neighborhoods.
We deserve a city where families aren’t torn apart and where community members aren’t terrorized for simply trying to live their lives.
BlackAmericana Fest was built as a homeplace for our people—a space of belonging, celebration, and resistance. Our commitment extends to our immigrant siblings across the diaspora whose lives, labor, and cultural traditions shape the soul of this city.
To anyone witnessing ICE or Border Patrol activity, please report it to keep our community informed and protected:
📞 Hotline: (504) 221-1499
Report using S.A.L.U.T.E.:
• Size & strength
• Actions & activity
• Location & direction
• Uniform & clothes
• Time & date of observation
• Equipment & weapons
Resource credit: ACLU of Louisiana.
Swipe right for more resources and info from the ACLU of Louisiana.
To our neighbors impacted by these raids: we love you, we see you, and we will continue fighting for a New Orleans where all of us are safe and free.
Culture bearers, want to get more involved? DM us for more info.
#WeStandWithImmigrants #BlackAmericanaFest #NOLAStandsTogether #ProtectOurCommunities #AbolishICE
🎸 Come celebrate my band’s debut single release “Country Night” on my BIRTHDAY🎂 Fri 5/15! @strochtavern doors 8p music 9p!
🎶 Music friends @duskywaters & @missmarthaandhergoodtimegang will also perform, yay!!!🫶🏾🎧🧚🏾♂️🙌🏾✨
💿 Pre-add “Country Night” on your streaming service of choice here https://vyd.co/CountryNight (link in bio)
THK @threadheadcf !!
🎂Fri May 15 come celebrate my birthday with music friends @duskywaters & @missmarthaandhergoodtimegang at @strochtavern !
🎧Also we’re celebrating the release of my new single “Country Night” !
🎶Pre-add to your streaming service using this link https://vyd.co/CountryNight (also in bio)
💐 thx @threadheadcf
This weekend is the 20th return of Bayou Boogaloo (on tour!) and we are so excited to play this version of the festival as a LADIES TRIO 💅🏾 at the Pitot House! See y’all there 💫
📆Sunday, May 17
⏰1-2pm
📍The Pitot House
🎟️ thebayouboogaloo.com
Y’all, tbh I’m mostly filled with rage today and it feels like a weird time to post about a show. The destruction and attempted erasure of all our ancestors fought for with the voting rights act, the disgusting actions by our Louisiana legislators-all of this has me feeling really heavy. But music is medicine, and trouble never need no rest. We will stand up, advocate, organize, resist. And this Sunday, I’ll be singing some songs of resistance and hope on the bayou. We will also be filming for our upcoming single, mother magnolia. So if you’d like to be a part of that, please dm me. Sending love and light and healing, Dusky 💛.
Please like & share to help us reach our goal 💛🥳
Give NOLA Day is this Tuesday, May 5! BlackAmericana Fest has a goal of raising $5K to support songwriter honorariums at our festival this September. By giving today, you directly support a more inclusive roots music landscape. We are so grateful for our community and the support! #blackamericanafest #neworleansmusic #givenoladay
Jazz Fest: I’m here all weekend interviewing culture bearers and artisans in the Folk Life Village for their Campfire Conversation series 🔥. Come learn about the incredible and diverse traditions we have across our state and the amazing folks keeping them alive. Full schedule below 💫
🔥 CAMPFIRE CONVERSATIONS 🔥
📍Folk Life Village
Thursday, April 30
🕧 12:45pm – Chitimacha River Cane Baskets with John Darden
🕑 2:00pm – Dulac Community Sewing with Candice Chauvin
🕒 3:15pm – Shrimp Netmaking with Carl Parfait
Friday, May 1
🕧 12:30pm – Conversation with United Houma Nation Principal Chief Lora Ann Chaisson
🕑 2:00pm – Cajun Accordions with the Martin Family
🕞 3:30pm – Social Aid & Pleasure Club Crafts & Traditions with Kevin Dunn
Saturday, May 2
🕧 12:45pm – Garfish Scale Jewelry & Palmetto Baskets with Janie Luster
🕑 2:00pm – Día de Muertos with Krewe de Mayahuel
🕒 3:00pm – Masking Traditions with Big Chief Tyrone Casby of the Mohawk Hunters
Sunday, May 3
🕧 12:45pm – Quilting with Cely Pedescleaux
🕑 2:00pm – Preservation Trades with Blacksmith Karina Roca
🕒 3:15pm – Window Restoration with Nola Wood Windows
This is BlackAmericana Fest’s first year participating in Give NOLA Day and we couldn’t be more excited! Early giving for #givenoladay2026 has begun! Help us support black artists and sustain our legacy in Americana music by giving today 💛
📸 @tamaragraysonphotography
Thank you to the @blackamericanafest for having me at the Roots, Rhythms, and Roux fundraiser brunch🥰
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📍: Roots, Rhythms, and Roux @dewdropinnnola
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#RootsRhythmsandRoux #BlackAmericanaFest #Zydeco #yourehotdontrot
And s/o to my friend @naturalbeautybyjazz for passing this to me 🥹🤏🏾
had an amazing time last week at the @wbr_museum meeting incredible folks and learning about the deep legacy of blues music in this part of Louisiana. The museum has a beautiful juke joint on its campus and it inspired me to sing a new song that’s been on my heart 💛🌸
📸 @ana1iese
