Music
Beau Jocque and the Zydeco High Rollers, Beau Jocque Classics (Rounder)
Released in conjunction with Buckwheat Zydeco Classics, this is almost the tale of two zydeco compilations. Beau Jocque Classics represents Rounder’s second such compilation summarizing a successful five-year run that […]
Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Pray For Us (Z’affaire Records)
“Never play cards with a guy named Doc, never eat at a place called Mom’s,” Nelson Algren once wrote, but if he had heard the Lafayette Rhythm Devils, he would’ve […]
Jackie Caillier and the Cajun Cousins, Let’s Kick Up Some Dust (Lanor Records)
Oftentimes when a Cajun record is released, it’s impossible to tell which song will become the radio airplay darling since the jocks play their favorites with no uniform consistency. But […]
Joe Hall and Mitch Reed, Joe Hall and Mitch Reed (Independent)
It wasn’t that long ago that Creole lala music appeared to be cliff hanging with all its musical youth swarming to the hip and groovy sounds of zydeco. But thanks […]
Sybil Kein & Charles D.S. Moore, Gardenias & Rosas (Gumbo Records)
Sybil Kein & Charles D.S. Moore: Gardenias & Rosas (Gumbo Records)
Goldman Thibodeaux, Gumbo at Goldman’s (Louisiana Radio Records)
Gumbo at Goldman’s was never intended to be quite like this but given the project’s extenuating circumstances, it’s a good thing these homespun tracks surfaced at all. Falling somewhere between […]
Ken Marvel, Mr. Swamp Pop (Tamm Records)
Emerging swamp pop recording artists don’t come along every day but when one does in this old man’s game, it’s worth taking note. Though Ken Marvel didn’t exactly hatch overnight—he […]
J.J. Caillier and the Zydeco Knockouts, The Good Bad and Ugly (Caillier Records)
J.J. Caillier never really dropped out of zydeco; he just went AWOL for a while. Well, he’s back in the barracks now and like a good soldier of zydeco, his […]
