Music
Charlo, She Walks By All Dressed in White (Jin)
Charlo: She Walks By All Dressed in White (Jin)
Steve Grisaffe, Current Status (Ralph Records)
It’s never easy being a hat act, especially considering the temperamental mood swings of Nashville’s impersonal machinery. Just ask Steve Grisaffe formerly of the nationally known, Lafayette-based River Road whose […]
Pott Folse, Sitting On The Front Porch (Jin Records)
Pott Folse: Sitting On The Front Porch (Jin Records)
The Creole Zydeco Farmers, One More Time (J&S Records)
The Creole Zydeco Farmers: One More Time (J&S Records)
Various Artists, Putumayo Presents Colombia (Putumayo)
Various Artists: Putumayo Presents Colombia (Putumayo)
Amanda Shaw, Little Black Dog (Swampadellic Records)
While there’s no shortage of prodigies playing roots music these days, 11-year-old Cajun fiddler Amanda Shaw of Covington is a bit more unusual than most. She doesn’t have generations of […]
BeauSoleil, The Best of the Crawfish Years 1985-1991 (Rounder Records)
Charivari’s Mitch Reed says they’re still the big dogs of Cajun music and his assessment of the Grammy Award winning BeauSoleil couldn’t be more accurate. For decades now, America’s preeminent […]
Zydeco Force, You Mean the World to Me (Maison de Soul Records)
Last year Zydeco Force pleasantly stunned z-zealots everywhere by reuniting after a five-year hiatus. With a new recording in hand and a packed booking schedule, the Force soon vaulted back […]
Smithfield Fair, The Winter Kirk (Stevenson Productions)
Kilts, tartans, malt whiskey and deafening bagpipes are certainly universal visages of Scottish culture while understandably, its spiritual tradition isn’t as well known beyond the thistles. That’s been the theme […]
Habib Koite and Bamada, Baro (Putumayo)
Though the African country of Mali has boasted the talents of diva Oumou Sangare and guitarist Ali Farka Toure among its internationally known ranks, look for guitarist/singer-songwriter Habib Koité to […]