Louisiana Folklife Festival

At the Louisiana Folklife Festival in Eunice November 13-15, zydeco and blues share center-stage with hand-stitched quilts, Italian stuffed artichokes and stories about Earl Long. The combination of crowd-pleasing dance […]

Radio Free Cajun, The Hackberry Ramblers Get A Deal, and A Classic From Clifton

Sonny Landreth, Outward Bound (Zoo Entertainment)

Boom Town

Once it was flirting with extinction. Now the brass band is alive and well and reshaping everything musical in its path. Even “The Flintstones” theme.   When the Onward Brass […]

Notes on Festivals Acadiens, an Ailing Canray Fontenot and New Releases

Various Artists, Cajun Music and Zydeco (Rounder)

Lucinda Williams, Sweet Old World (Chameleon)

Zydeco Music Festival, Festivals Acadiens, Cajun-French Music Awards, New Releases

Zachary Richard, Snake Bite Love (A&M)

In concert, Cajun rocker Zachary Richard can be a real daredevil. Whether prancing at Tip’s Jagger-style between an African steel drummer and a rotund fiddler, or nearly collapsing a festival […]

Rusty Kershaw, Now and Then (Domino)