There’s no surprise Walt Disney Studios selected zydeco musician Terrance Simien to perform on the soundtrack for its new animated film, The Princess and the Frog, which is set in New Orleans and the swamps of Louisiana. The Lafayette resident has spent three decades taking zydeco to the world. By bringing his accordion, rubboard and [...]
Tag Archives: Randy Newman
New Orleans in the News
November 19, 2009 – 3:59 pm
The Los Angeles Times features Nicolas Cage and Werner Herzog discussing the seemingly insane “remake” of The Bad Lieutenant, and how prop cocaine can be an effective stand-in for the real stuff. Randy Newman talks to Variety about coming up with the music for Disney’s new The Princess and the Frog animated feature. “I’ve been dredging [...]
A Change is Gonna Come
September 1, 2006 – 12:01 am
John Boutte took the outdoor stage in Austin’s Town Lake Park on March 18 around 6:45 p.m. He was part of the South by Southwest Music Conference’s free outdoor concert to honor Louisiana music and its resilience since Hurricane Katrina. The event had begun early in the afternoon with dancers two-stepping on the green grass [...]
Aaron Neville, Warm Your Heart (A&M Records)
July 1, 1991 – 12:01 am
In listening to Warm Your Heart you have to keep in mind a bizarre fact. After over 30 years as New Orleans’ king of soul, it is Aaron’s first real album. All the other albums with his name on them are compilations of singles. The closest he came to a real, conceptualized album was his [...]
