Issue Articles
You Can’t Win if You’re Not in the Game
Rejection never sounded so good to zydeco musician Terrance Simien, and his wife and manager, Cynthia. The forces behind a five-year effort to establish a Cajun/zydeco Grammy category, the Simiens […]
Grant Street Lives
Music fans in Lafayette were in rock ’n’ roll heaven June 30. Not only was Jerry Lee Lewis in town performing live, but he was helping to reopen a stage […]
Richard’s Last Night
Michael Seider remembers the first time he attended Richard’s Club in Lawtell, known as the Grand Ole Opry of Zydeco. Seider had just returned from the heat and humidity of […]
BeauSoleil Comes Alive…Again!
After 30 years together, live recordings are business as usual for BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet. This Grammy-winning Cajun band has done live albums in San Francisco (Live! From the Left […]
Short and Curley
Curley Taylor is living up to his band’s name, Zydeco Trouble. Taylor’s recently released sophomore CD, Free Your Mind, is a two-disc set filled with his trademark zydeco with a […]
The Last Dance
If you’ve ever been to Lewisburg, chances are good you were lost. Not even Google can find it without a struggle. Do a search for this tiny St. Landry Parish […]
The Life of Riley
Steve Riley talks about Burke Guillory the way many young men talk about LeBron James, Tom Brady or Eminem. Words like “cool,” “powerful” and “influence” slide off Riley’s tongue. But […]
