From the sounds of Jelly Roll Morton to Clifton Chenier to Fats Domino and the Neville Brothers, Louisiana music has consistently proven itself as timeless and diverse.

New Orleans is known as the birthplace of jazz and the cradle of rhythm and blues, but that only scratches the surface: brass bands, Cajun, zydeco, swamp pop, country, gospel, rock and roll, Gulf Coast R&B, funk, blues, rockabilly and rap have all flowed out of Louisiana's borders into the world.

For the Louisiana mu...