Issue Articles — Bayou Boogie
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 […]
Still Winning Awards
When someone says “with all due respect,” brace yourself. An insult is about to follow. But I don’t mean it as a putdown when I say to zydeco accordion players, […]
The Little Easy
The arrival of thier New Orleans neighbors (in Lafayette) has sparked a number of ventures to help displaced entertainers remain healthy and employed Lafayette could be called the Little Easy […]
Playing Right
With no members under the age of 50, the Creole Zydeco Farmers reign as zydeco’s elder statesmen. Drummer Clarence “Jockey” Etienne has some senior wisdom for the flood of young […]
The End of Zydeco Dancehalls
Zydeco music is enjoying the best of times and worst of times. Today, the music has more bands that ever in its history. Cajun bands, who once refused to touch […]
The Prince of Zydeco
If a crowd isn’t dancing at a zydeco dancehall, one of two things is usually happening: the band is terrible or something bigger is capturing their attention. On May 27 […]
Keith Frank Gets Fresh
A little five-year-old voice jumps out at the beginning of cut number five of Keith Frank’s new CD, Going To See Keith Frank, on Soulwood Records. The tiny voice belongs […]
The Donkey Show
In classic literature, a lovesick Romeo once told his beloved Juliet “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” But would that rose smell as sweet if it […]
