Music
C.J. Chenier, The Desperate Kingdom of Love (World Village Records)
Even if his dad, king of zydeco Clifton Chenier, hadn’t tagged C.J. to eventually succeed him, inevitably the younger musician would have made his mark in R&B, jazz and funk. […]
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Hang It High, Hang It Low (Rounder)
Anyway you look at it, there’s only one conclusion when it comes to Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas: they are still one of zydeco’s premier bands, raising the bar […]
Kevin Naquin & The Ossun Playboys, Mercedi Soir Passe (Swallow Records)
Not many 26-year-olds can boast a seven-album discography and a mantle-sagging 14 CFMA awards like Kevin Naquin. His latest is another strong outing in the blood-pumping Cajun dancehall tradition and […]
Magnolia Sisters, Lapin, Lapin (Independent)
Granted, Cajun-Creole cultural children’s music has never been given a lot of attention, which, along with the sub-genre’s scant discography, explains why it has remained a relatively untapped phenomenon. Along […]
Jimmy Thibodeaux, Everybody Calls Me Crazy (Mardi Gras Records)
Waylon and Sammy The Original Bourbon Street Cajuns Mardi Gras Records It’s the tale of two Bourbon Street Thibodeauxs, to badly paraphrase VP candidate John Edwards. While both are […]
Waylon and Sammy, The Original Bourbon Street Cajuns (Mardi Gras Records)
Waylon and Sammy The Original Bourbon Street Cajuns Mardi Gras Records It’s the tale of two Bourbon Street Thibodeauxs, to badly paraphrase VP candidate John Edwards. While both are […]
Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble, Free Your Mind (Louisiana Soul)
Ever since his 2003 groundbreaking Country Boy debut, Taylor’s been regarded as a zydeco maverick. The disc, released more than half a year before Zydeco Trouble ever played publicly, was […]
Everett Brady, Swamp & Roll with Soul (MTE Records)
Like his esteemed swamp pop peers, Charles Mann and Lil’ Alfred, Everett Brady proves you don’t need a sizable discography to be indelibly etched in the public’s mind. But amazingly, […]
Don Vappie, Banjo a la Creole (Vappielle Music Productions)
Don Vappie recently attended a conference that focused on the banjo’s journey from Africa to the western world and its role in American music. At that summit, he jammed with […]
Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Swing Out (Vappielle Music Productions)
Swing Out from Vappie’s Creole Jazz Serenaders is an exuberant affair of traditional jazz loaded with sudden stops, quick changes, snappy high-hat cymbal snappings, clucking banjos and sailing trumpet, clarinet […]
