Kerry Boutte is a most unlikely-looking Cajun. He looks like a refugee from L.A. with his ponytail and hipster threads. His restaurants and his apartment are adorned with avant garde works by artists from Acadiana—Boutte is obviously an aficionado of the more sophisticated visual arts created by his Cajun comrades. He may appear to be [...]
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Beausoleil: Cajun Hot
March 1, 1990 – 12:01 am
At the writing of this article the announcement of the Grammy Awards was still a future event, meaning the fate of Beausoleil’s winning a Grammy in this year’s “Contemporary Folk” category was still up in the air. But band members of South Louisiana’s most popular and progressive Cajun band interviewed for this article were quite [...]
OffBeat Guide to Acadiana
September 1, 1988 – 12:01 am
Just over a two-hour drive from New Orleans and located in the heart of Acadiana is Lafayette, a city of 92,000 residents and the unofficial capital of Cajun Country. Good music, like good food, is a staple of Cajun life, and like the ubiquitous Cajun cuisine, it looks as if the world is catching on [...]
