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 […]
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 […]
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 […]