Issue Articles
Mardi Gras, Sunflower Style
Life on the Kansas prairie has been good to Truckstop Honeymoon’s Mike West and Katie Euliss in the post-Katrina era. Except, that is, on Mardi Gras day, when Euliss finds […]
Leon Chavis and the Zydeco Flames, Holla @ Me (Independent)
A couple of years ago, Leon Chavis learned how to make an album while recording his debut disc, The Heat Is On. This time, he learned how to write an […]
Danny O’Flaherty, Secret Garden (Hy-Brasyl LLC)
Though he may call Jasper, Texas home these days and his French Quarter pub has been long eradicated from the sonic landscape, Danny O’Flaherty is as much a New Orleanian […]
Pat Savant and the Louisiana Playboys with Joe Turner, Pat Savant and the Louisiana Playboys with Joe Turner (MTE)
Though he’s not the most active accordionist on the crawfish circuit these days, Pat Savant has indelibly etched his initials in the annals of Cajun music. In 1972, the teenage […]
The Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire, The 1970 NYC Concert (fieldrecorder.com)
There are more live recordings of the Balfa Brothers out there than most people realize, and it’s always a grand day when one surfaces. Archivists Ray Alden and Dave Spilkia […]
The Bad Roads, Union Town (Latanier)
Who says old guys, excuse me, guys eligible for an AARP card, can’t rock? Ever since Southwest Louisiana’s Bad Roads reunited for a Ponderosa Stomp gig, they’ve been on a […]
Sarah Jayde, Cajun and Texas Swing (Sharecropper)
Though this marks the debut of 18-year-old Sarah Jayde Williams, it’s hard to argue that this recording wasn’t destined. The granddaughter of venerable fiddler Hadley Castille, Sarah Jayde was weaned […]
Red Beans and Rice Revue, Wanna Dance? (MTE)
In the late ’70s, the top three draws at Jay’s Lounge in Cankton, Louisiana were zydeco king Clifton Chenier, Cajun rockers Coteau, and the Red Beans and Rice Revue, according […]
Charmer, The Perfect Café (Stevenson Productions)
Baton Rouge TV personality Scott Rodgers once remarked that you can’t acknowledge Smithfield Fair without giving a nod to Charmer, the predecessor of the internationally known Scottish band led by […]
Lil Malcolm and the House Rockers, He’s Back (MTE)
Nine years between releases can be a death sentence to any zydeco band engaged in its unending battle to retain, if not enlarge, its market share. But as evidenced […]
