Big Freedia on her debut gospel album 'Pressing Onward' ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with the ambassador of New Orleans bounce music Big Freedia about blending the soul of the Black church with the ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — This week is the New Orleans Film Festival, and one of the feature films being shown is “West of Greatness: The Story of the Westwego Muscle Boys” about the amateur bodybuilding ...

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"There have been a lot of dark roads and I just needed a path of life for myself as well," says Big Freedia "And I know that the world needs it as much as I do." (Photo by Hunter Holder) When a ...

Big Freedia’s voice has always been a force — loud, joyful, defiant — but on her new album, “Pressing Onward,” it becomes something even more powerful: a vessel for healing. The Queen of Bounce ...

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 ...

Big Freedia delivered both DJ sets and a live performance at at the 2025 Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco over the weekend "I'm so excited that the album is finally ...

Combining bounce and Southern gospel, the New Orleans icon’s latest album offers a vibrant and unabashedly queer take on worship music. Save this story Save this story Faith in an omniscient, ...

When the iconic “Queen Of Bounce” Big Freedia set out to make her first-ever gospel album, she did it to spread joy and hope to a world at a time when we needed it most. She never imagined how much ...

Everyone is welcome at Big Freedia’s church service. Fans of Freedia’s ass-shaking anthems like “Explode” and “N.O. Bounce” may be a bit surprised by her foray into spiritual music, but the album ...