Music
Various Artists, Dedans le Sud de la Louisiane (Cinq Planetesm)
Film crews traipsing the Louisiana countryside are a common sight these days but back in 1972, seeing such a troupe must have been mind-boggling. That was years before the late […]
JC Melancon, I Stand Alone (Sound Check)
If there is any truth to the old adage that time rewards those who wait, then Krotz Springs’ songwriter JC Melancon must be receiving more dividends these days. It’s been […]
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 […]
