Music
Ramsey & Vaan, In Search of a Cheap Hotel (Jumping Man Records)
It’s expected that songwriters will bare their soul, leaving no secrets behind while performing their craft, but perhaps not in the same manner as Bart Ramsey. As one-half of the […]
Amanda Shaw, Little Black Dog (Swampadellic Records)
While there’s no shortage of prodigies playing roots music these days, 11-year-old Cajun fiddler Amanda Shaw of Covington is a bit more unusual than most. She doesn’t have generations of […]
BeauSoleil, The Best of the Crawfish Years 1985-1991 (Rounder Records)
Charivari’s Mitch Reed says they’re still the big dogs of Cajun music and his assessment of the Grammy Award winning BeauSoleil couldn’t be more accurate. For decades now, America’s preeminent […]
Zydeco Force, You Mean the World to Me (Maison de Soul Records)
Last year Zydeco Force pleasantly stunned z-zealots everywhere by reuniting after a five-year hiatus. With a new recording in hand and a packed booking schedule, the Force soon vaulted back […]
Smithfield Fair, The Winter Kirk (Stevenson Productions)
Kilts, tartans, malt whiskey and deafening bagpipes are certainly universal visages of Scottish culture while understandably, its spiritual tradition isn’t as well known beyond the thistles. That’s been the theme […]
Habib Koite and Bamada, Baro (Putumayo)
Though the African country of Mali has boasted the talents of diva Oumou Sangare and guitarist Ali Farka Toure among its internationally known ranks, look for guitarist/singer-songwriter Habib Koité to […]
Cool Coyote, Y2Kajuns (Cool Coyote Records)
Inevitably, just having “Kajuns” plugged in the title will give the impression that there’s a new bunch of Chanky Chankers coming out of the pirogue. Actually Cool Coyotoe is as […]
