The Easy Joy of Aladdin and the Difficult Triumph of Lorenzo’s Oil

Is It Or Isn’t It Tip’s? Three Tommy Ridgley Albums Hit the Street

Rock for Tots A Success; Filmmakers Explore Homosexuality

Cemetery Ceremony Honors Elmore James; Magic Sam Gets Busy

Soul Asylum and Ween, Tipitina’s and Howlin’ Wolf, December 1, 1992

Letters January 1993

Boozoo Chavis: Dog Hill Afternoon

Boozoo Chavis is making hay. It’s an uncharacteristically cold December Tuesday on Dog Hill, the region in outlying Lake Charles where city dwellers have traditionally gone to dump their unwanted […]

Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes: Ranger de Zydeco

Deep in the stately, dead-calm tranquility of the Barataria swamps, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes reclines on a secluded bench and somberly spins a tale about his fleeting encounter with the “loup […]

Louisiana Home Grown

It is notoriously difficult to make money in the music business. For every U2 or Billy Ray Cyrus, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of equally talented and/or deserving artists who […]

Cajun Wives’ Tales at the Louisiana Folklife Festival; A Dewey Balfa Classic