January 1997
BackTalk
- Boozoo Chavis
These days, talking with Boozoo Chavis -- whose 1954 single “Paper in My Shoe” has been called the “first-ever zydeco hit”…
Bluesworthy
Bookmark
Cover Story
- Cajun Trailblazers - 20 Years of BeauSoleil
Before 1986, there was no such thing as a full-time Cajun band. Southwest Louisiana’s vibrant musical traditions were bright threads in…
Eye Music
Fat City
Features
- Jimmy Breaux: Keeping the Dancehall Beat
That was the style, those were the instruments when I started playing music'," said 29-year-old accordionist Jimmy Breaux. The Breaux Bridge… - The Best of 1996
- 1996 Best of the Beat Awards
- Meet Jerry Brock: A Man in Demand
Just try finding someone more involved in and essential to the New Orleans music scene than Jerry Brock. Before moving to…
Film & Video Bits
Letters
Plugged In
Straight, No Chaser
Street
- Bounce Music & WAR
Who would have thought six years ago when bounce music first hit the local rap scene that it would still be…
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
