Filmmaker Ken Burns turns his attention to “Country Music” this week with the premiere of his new 16-hour PBS documentary series. With that in mind, we remember the “Louisiana Hayride,” the radio and ...

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the radio show “Louisiana Hayride,” which ran from 1948 to 1960 and helped propel the careers of some of country music’s biggest names.

SHREVEPORT, La. - On October 16th 1954, Elvis Presley made his debut on the Louisiana Hayride at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport. After a lackluster performance at the Grand Ole Opry two weeks ...

Thanks to Bear Family Records, music aficionados now have the chance to hear a little bit of history with the release of the expansive 20-CD set titled At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight. By Chuck ...

The Louisiana Hayride was one of dozens of syndicated radio broadcasts scattered across America in the wake of World War II. Most of these have been forgotten to all but historians, but the Louisiana ...

In 1998, Elvis Presley was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The long-awaited honor came 12 years after Presley was one of the first members enshrined in the newly formed Rock and Roll ...

A new 20-disc box set contains over 500 performances from the Shreveport, La., program that served as a talent showcase for country acts in the 1950s — including Hank Williams and Elvis Presley. This ...

While not technically a "bundle," I am using my personal column to discuss the most important recorded music release of the past year, if not decade. Music, as we presently know it, would be very ...

On April 3, 1948 -- 76 years ago today -- the influential radio program Louisiana Hayride premiered. The weekly Saturday night country music show was recorded live in front of an audience. Louisiana ...