Like its New Orleans counterpart, Cajun Mardi Gras is a processional festivity. But unlike its better-known brethren, it’s rooted in the medieval fête de la quémande, a ceremonial begging ritual. During a Mardi Gras run, costumed, masked revelers travel from house to house along the countryside to obtain ingredients for a communal gumbo to be [...]
Tag Archives: Terrance Simien
Terrance Simien
May 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
In February, OffBeat covered the controversy surrounding the first Grammy to be awarded for Best Cajun or Zydeco Album. The nominees were Louisiana artists Terrance Simien, the Pine Leaf Boys, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, Geno Delafose, Roddie Romero and the Hub-City All-Stars, and Racines. And Lisa Haley, the Californian fiddle player who had everybody worried. [...]
Terrance Simien, Zydeco on the Bayou (Restless Records)
November 1, 1990 – 12:01 am
Please, somebody give me a convertible with a good sound system so I can cruise around with Terrance Simien’s Zydeco on the Bayou blastin’—sounds perfect. Don’t get me wrong, dancing around the house to this debut release from Restless Records has been exhilarating, but it’s an album worth sharing, giving it up to the streets. [...]
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 [...]
