{"id":1948132,"date":"2025-08-08T01:18:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T01:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1948132"},"modified":"2025-08-08T01:18:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T01:18:46","slug":"big-freedias-new-album-pressing-onward-mixes-bounce-with-gospel-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/big-freedias-new-album-pressing-onward-mixes-bounce-with-gospel-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Freedia\u2019s new album, \u2018Pressing Onward,\u2019 mixes bounce with gospel : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Big Freedia poses for a portrait on July 15 at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans. The studio was converted from a church.
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Big Freedia may be best known as the queen of bounce music<\/a>, a New Orleans icon, and the standout feature on Beyonce’s “Break My Soul.”<\/a><\/p>\n

For now, anyway.<\/p>\n

With her new album, Pressing Onward<\/em>, she just might be best known for taking everyone to church.<\/p>\n

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