Houma, Louisiana
2nd & Charles - Houma
1544 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houma, LA 70360
Record shopping in Louisiana
Louisiana is one of the most musically distinctive states in America. New Orleans invented jazz at the turn of the 20th century through Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, and the Storyville district; Allen Toussaint, the Meters, Professor Longhair, and Dr. John built the city's R&B and funk lineage; Cash Money and No Limit Records turned NOLA into a 1990s hip-hop capital through Lil Wayne, Juvenile, and Master P; and Mahalia Jackson took NOLA gospel to the world. Cajun and zydeco music run through Acadiana from Lafayette to Ville Platte, the Louisiana Hayride radio show launched out of Shreveport from 1948 through 1960 helping break Hank Williams and Elvis early, and Baton Rouge's Lil Boosie and Webbie added the 2000s Southern rap chapter. Peaches Records has anchored New Orleans for 50 years under Shirani Rea, moved to a 10,000-square-foot former Woolworth's on Magazine Street in 2016. Louisiana Music Factory on Frenchmen Street specializes in New Orleans music with jazz, blues, R&B, zydeco, and Cajun deep in the crates, while Domino Sound on Bayou Road and Euclid Records on Chartres round out NOLA's indie circuit. Floyd's Record Shop in Ville Platte runs as the Cajun country institution, Cool Vinyl Records covers six locations across Baton Rouge and the North Shore as the state's regional chain since 2014, and 2nd & Charles holds Bossier City, Covington, and Houma. Take 10 east from Lake Charles to New Orleans, ride 49 north to Shreveport, and see what the Pelican State has been keeping in the bins.
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BEYOND LOUISIANA: VINYL JOURNEYS FROM THE PELICAN STATE
As the last record drops in the Pelican State, every shop you flipped through today is just one set in a much wider Gulf South and Cajun-country soundtrack. The Mississippi runs north toward Memphis, the Gulf curves east toward the Florida Panhandle, and Louisiana's three bordering states put Texas's Houston, Mississippi's Delta, and Arkansas's Ozarks all within a single day's drive.
Texas Record Stores: Roll west into Texas, where Austin's Waterloo Records and Antone's heritage carry the city's roots and indie pull, Houston's Cactus Music runs the city's deep dig, and the I-10 corridor from Lake Charles to Houston keeps Cajun-Texas music exchange constant.
Arkansas Record Stores: Head north into Arkansas, where Arkansas Record-CD Exchange in North Little Rock holds 90,000-plus LPs as the state's largest vinyl retailer, Block Street Records anchors Fayetteville and Bentonville, and the Helena King Biscuit Time radio legacy keeps the Mississippi Delta blues close.
Mississippi Record Stores: Cross east into Mississippi, where Clarksdale and the Delta blues trail run from Highway 49 to Highway 61, Oxford and Jackson carry the college-town and capital scenes, and the Delta pull is strong for any musician chasing the original American blues source.
Tennessee Record Stores: Travel northeast to Tennessee, where Memphis still spins Sun, Stax, and Three 6 Mafia in roughly equal measure, Nashville's East Side stocks outlaw country alongside Third Man pressings, and the Smokies pull Louisiana families up for cool-weather weekends in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge.
Nevada Record Stores: Fly west to Nevada, where Las Vegas's Wax Trax holds three floors and roughly half a million vinyl, Reno's Recycled Records has run since 1978 under Paul Doege, and the MSY-LAS flight pattern keeps Louisiana's weekend-Strip traffic moving year-round.
Puerto Rico Record Stores: Cruise southeast to Puerto Rico, where San Juan's Viera, OYE, and Electroshock keep 180,000-LP-deep salsa, jazz, and Latin trap stacks rotating, and the NOLA-Caribbean cultural connection runs from the historic jazz era through current Latin music exchange.
At Record Store Directory, every state line is an invitation to keep exploring. Share your finds, connect with fellow collectors, and chase down that next unforgettable album, because the perfect record is always closer than you think.
Happy hunting, and we'll see you in the next stack!
More Louisiana coverage from The Stack:
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