Music
Steve D. Cohen, Steve D. Cohen (Digitalia Media)
Though this is officially Steven Cohen’s debut disc, this is hardly his first trip around the block. The Lafayette singer-songwriter has had more than modest success over the years with […]
Buckwheat Zydeco, Buckwheat Zydeco Classics (Rounder)
Unless you flunked Zydeco 101 or spaced enrolling all together, you’re probably aware that Buckwheat Zydeco has single-handedly elevated Louisiana’s indigenous Creole music to public consciousness more than any other […]
Beau Jocque and the Zydeco High Rollers, Beau Jocque Classics (Rounder)
Released in conjunction with Buckwheat Zydeco Classics, this is almost the tale of two zydeco compilations. Beau Jocque Classics represents Rounder’s second such compilation summarizing a successful five-year run that […]
Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Pray For Us (Z’affaire Records)
“Never play cards with a guy named Doc, never eat at a place called Mom’s,” Nelson Algren once wrote, but if he had heard the Lafayette Rhythm Devils, he would’ve […]
Jackie Caillier and the Cajun Cousins, Let’s Kick Up Some Dust (Lanor Records)
Oftentimes when a Cajun record is released, it’s impossible to tell which song will become the radio airplay darling since the jocks play their favorites with no uniform consistency. But […]
Joe Hall and Mitch Reed, Joe Hall and Mitch Reed (Independent)
It wasn’t that long ago that Creole lala music appeared to be cliff hanging with all its musical youth swarming to the hip and groovy sounds of zydeco. But thanks […]
Sybil Kein & Charles D.S. Moore, Gardenias & Rosas (Gumbo Records)
Sybil Kein & Charles D.S. Moore: Gardenias & Rosas (Gumbo Records)
Goldman Thibodeaux, Gumbo at Goldman’s (Louisiana Radio Records)
Gumbo at Goldman’s was never intended to be quite like this but given the project’s extenuating circumstances, it’s a good thing these homespun tracks surfaced at all. Falling somewhere between […]
