Issue Articles
“Zydeco, Zare”, Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette, October 11, 2008
Zydeco has never seemed more fun, flirting and sensual. Those words best describe “Zydeco, Zare’,” the first modern dance project based on the Louisiana music. The Elisa Monte Dance Company […]
It’s All About Families
In late April, Elisa Monte was in Southwest Louisiana doing additional research for Zydeco!, a modern dance project. She visited the Louisiana Folk Roots’ Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage […]
The Littlest Media Star
Guyland Leday, the 10-year-old zydeco prodigy from Opelousas, will appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show. It just hasn’t happened yet. Leday flew to Chicago on April 1 for a rehearsal […]
New Tools for Zydeco
What does zydeco musician Travis Matte have in common with Kanye West, Usher, The Beastie Boys, Bruce Springsteen and John Mayer? A hint: West, Usher and the rest haven’t taken […]
The End of the Show
The Medicine Show has finally delivered its cure. For the past 10 years, this music show at Grant Street Dancehall in Lafayette has raised money for the Dr. Tommy Comeaux […]
Best of the Beat Heartbeat Award: Cynthia Simien
Cynthia Simien can’t play an accordion, fiddle or rubboard, but she is a zydeco and Cajun music pioneer, taking the genres to new heights. Simien is the driving force behind […]
Buck Plays Bob
Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr., leader of Buckwheat Zydeco, has used the accordion to become a world-traveled, Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated musician. But Dural’s first musical love, the Hammond B3 organ, is […]
Rubboards Never Looked So Good
“Tee” Don Landry is now a hero to his teenage nieces in New York. Landry scored major points when he secured tickets to pop star Rihanna’s October concert in Rochester. […]
