Event Search

Issue Articles

Jimmy Breaux: Keeping the Dancehall Beat

That was the style, those were the instruments when I started playing music’,” said 29-year-old accordionist Jimmy Breaux. The Breaux Bridge native grew up in the 1970s, but the pedal […]

This content is restricted to subscribers.

Subscribe!

The Best of 1996

This content is restricted to subscribers.

Subscribe!

1996 Best of the Beat Awards

This content is restricted to subscribers.

Subscribe!

Meet Jerry Brock: A Man in Demand

Just try finding someone more involved in and essential to the New Orleans music scene than Jerry Brock. Before moving to New Orleans nearly 20 years ago to start a […]

This content is restricted to subscribers.

Subscribe!

Cajun Trailblazers – 20 Years of BeauSoleil

Before 1986, there was no such thing as a full-time Cajun band. Southwest Louisiana’s vibrant musical traditions were bright threads in the fabric of the region’s culture, but the guardians […]

This content is restricted to subscribers.

Subscribe!