Music
Smithfield Fair, Walking Through This World (Stevenson Productions)
The latest from Baton Rouge’s Smithfield Fair is bound to raise a few eyebrows among its kilted constituency. A core component of the band’s identity, the Scottish-themed material, has been […]
Waylon Thibodeaux, Papa Thibodeaux (Rockin’ River)
Everyone needs to recharge batteries now and then as fiddler/entertainer Waylon Thibodeaux discovered a few years back. A series of life changes had transformed the Bourbon Street warrior into a […]
Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas,Old Time Black Southern String Band Music, (Arhoolie)
With the relatively recent passing of African-American fiddler Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong and the aging of the remaining few practitioners like octogenarian Joe Thompson, America is losing its last links […]
Walter Jr., Back on the Bayou Road (Gatortone)
Maybe someday people will realize the Lafayette music scene is more than just Cajun and zydeco music. An indigenous brand of blues, R&B and rock ’n’ roll has also been […]
Terry and the Zydeco Band Boys, Creole to the Core (MTE Records)
“You can’t make a record if you don’t have nothing to say,” Willie Nelson once wrote. Such a prophetic line could also be paraphrased to apply to an artist’s self-concept: […]
The Zozo Sisters, Adieu False Heart (Vanguard)
When Ann Savoy served as producer of special Louisiana projects at Vanguard Records six years ago, she did so with no shortage of innovative ideas. The Eunice musician/author/folklorist was also […]
Shirley Bergeron, French Cajun Music! (Mardi Gras)
“Shirley Bergeron has written some beautiful songs that are good examples of modern Cajun poetry and sentiments,” Ann Savoy once wrote. “His amazing vocals represent Cajun singing at its best.” […]
Dikku Du and the Zydeco Krewe, Sraighten it Out (Independent)
Just before Dikki Du’s last album, Make It Funky, hit the streets, the Florida-bound band experienced a fatal car wreck that claimed the lives of drummer Brad Gilbeau and guitarist […]
