After 60 years of performing and 41 years of operating a recording studio that’s hosted Louisiana stars and national acts, Nelson Blanchard has, at last, recorded an album of his own.

Blanchard’s beautifully-performed and recorded, self-titled debut recently spent two weeks at number one on the Roots Music Report’s rhythm-and-blues chart. Nelson Blanchard highlights the Baton Rouge singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s warm tenor vocals and natural grasp ...