Issue Articles — Bayou Beat
CPS Records, Local Club News & the River Babys Controversy
Work continues apace on the long-awaited, and as-yet-untitled, Rod Bernard album on CSP Records. At press time, Bernard and his star-studded band have completed all 18 tracks and are busily […]
Jimmy Domengeaux, the Willie Tee Story & More
In the early-morning hours of January 25, the Acadiana music scene suffered the premature loss of yet another talented musician. Jimmy Domengeaux, the 44-year-old guitarist in Steve Riley and the […]
Angelique Kidjo at Festival International de Louisiane, Frigg A-Go-Go & A Batch of Local Releases
The Festival International de Louisiane–the annual, free, week-long April event that transforms Downtown Lafayette into a multi-cultural, multi-sensual orgy–has announced that the main act for Festival ’99 will be none […]
Tying Up Loose Ends in Cajun Country
Remember the Dr. Tommy Comeaux Endowed Chair in Traditional Music that was reported in this space last month? Well, it turns out that the fundraising concert known as Medicine Show […]
Hunter Hayes, A Tommy Comeaux Benefit & More
On October 30, Hunter Hayes, the best-known of Acadiana’s growing brood of child-Cajun musicians, made what will no doubt turn out to be one of the most talked-about appearances of […]
Brad Randell & the Zydeco Ballers & Kojack and the Zydeco Warriors
“When I was small, my mom would have zydeco on the radio, but I didn’t like it. I liked rap and stuff like that.” The young man making that statement […]
Octa Clark Dies at age 94: Walter Mouton and Bruce Daigrepont
It’s festival season again in southwest Louisiana. This year, however, a somber note—the passing of the Cajun-music legend Octa Clark at the age of 94—was sounded amid the joyful noise. […]
Native Sons, Gulf Coast Entertainment, Mr. Mojo & More
On the final afternoon of the Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette last April, the Fais-Do-Do tent-usually the scene of the Festival’s Cajun, Creole, and zydeco performers-rang with the music […]
New Releases in Bayou Land
What better occasion than OffBeat’s 10th anniversary for this column to gratefully acknowledge the influence the magazine has had in bringing the many and diverse artists of southwest Louisiana to […]
Rufus Jagneaux & Bad Weather Studio
Bennie Graeff is sitting in his living room, dubbing old reel-to-reel tapes of his band onto a cassette — not so much for posterity as for upcoming rehearsals. After a […]
