The New Orleans musician Big Freedia, who recently released a new album, Pressing Onward, presides over her three dogs like royalty. “I’m the queen and my dogs are my little kings,” she says. Freedia ...

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Internationally loved rapper Big Freedia, a larger-than-life ambassador of New Orleans bounce, is making her return to Music City after a powerhouse appearance at Nashville Pride in June. She’ll be ...

The Queen of Bounce tells PEOPLE about leaning into her gospel roots on new album 'Pressing Onward,' out now Jack Irvin has worked at PEOPLE since 2022. He covers and edits daily music news, and he's ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Big Freedia is known as the Queen of Bounce, but her latest album provided an opportunity to try ...

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 ...