Music
Truckstop Honeymoon, Diamonds in the Asphalt (Squirrel)
These days, Truckstop Honeymoon parks its rig in Lawrence, Kansas, but Ninth Ward Katrina refugees Mike West and Katie Euliss still have plenty of New Orleans cargo inside its steel-vaulted […]
Hipbootjoe, Louisiana State Line (Independent)
Playing covers can only go so far before a band starts itching to strut its stuff, something that Hipbootjoe can easily testify to. The band’s third disc is its most […]
Goldman Thibodeaux with Steve and Donna Bing, French Creole House Dance (Louisiana Radio Records)
With relatively recent releases by Morris Ardoin, Corey Ledet and Cedric Watson, Joe Hall and Les Amis Creole, old-time Creole music is experiencing a bit of a revival. The Lawtell […]
Joe Hall, Mary Broussard and Nolton Simien, La Danse Finis Pas (Independent)
When it appeared that the University of Louisiana-Lafayette would have to delay their field recordings release of Creole accordionist Freeman Fontenot, Joe Hall thought so highly of the man that […]
Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars, The La Louisianne Sessions (Octavia Records)
Ten years in the volatile realm of professional music seems like generations, but it has been that long since Roddie Romero’s last album, Everything Is Fine. Through thick and thin, […]
T-Broussard and the Zydeco Steppers, Zydeco Lover (Independent)
When you’re a warrior entrenched in the war of zydeco, it helps to have famous couzans who have their own recording studios. T-Broussard cut his last two discs at Keith […]
Vin Bruce, Garden of Love (Spoon)
There was a time when country legend Vin Bruce contemplated quitting the music biz. Now the septuagenarian doesn’t know the meaning of “quit,” the word, especially when it comes to […]
Don Montoucet et ses amis, Legendary Cajun Accordionist (Swallow Records)
“If I hadn’t met Don Montoucet,” contends Kevin Naquin, one of today’s leading lights in the Acadiana crawfish circuit, “I would not have played the accordion.” A strong, stirring testament […]
Pine Leaf Boys, Blues du Musicien (Arhoolie)
“They’ve played seven gigs in five days and they’re not even breaking a sweat!” exclaimed zealous emcee Todd Ortego in his introduction of the Pine Leaf Boys at Grant Street […]
Les Amis Creole, Les Amis Creole (Arhoolie)
Old-time Creole la-la music was pushed aside by the advent of zydeco some time ago. Luckily, the rural, acoustic Creole house party music never totally died out but managed to […]
