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Al Copeland’s flamboyant life story and recipes are blended in a new combination cookbook and biography
For a man who would introduce the world to the spice of Cajun and Creole food, Al Copeland’s early years held no indication of an epicurean future. Born in 1944, […]
Scott Billington, Making Tracks: A Record Producer’s Southern Roots Music Journey (University Press of Mississippi)
Long before Scott Billington became a staff member at Rounder Records in 1976 and ultimately became the label’s successful producer, he had a passion for music, especially the blues, its […]
Making Tracks: Producer Scott Billington’s memoir focuses on the artists
During his more than 40 years as a record producer, Massachusetts native Scott Billington guided sessions for dozens of great roots music artists, many of them from New Orleans and […]
Book Review: Katy Hobgood Ray, Snoozer Quinn: Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Pioneer (Out of the Past Music)
Update: Katy Hobgood Ray will sign copies of Snoozer Quinn: Freestyle Jazz Guitar Pioneer on Thursday, June 16, at 3 p.m. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Avenue. […]
Howard Grimes with Preston Lauterbach, Timekeeper (DeVault Graves Books)
“When we cut [Ann Peebles] ‘I Can’t Stand the Rain’ the track was tight, but naked. [Producer] Willie Mitchell thought it needed something. I saw these timbales sitting in the […]
Denise LaSalle with David White, Always The Queen—The Denise LaSalle Story (University of Illinois Press)
Certainly, the cover of Always the Queen will turn heads while browsing the music section of your a literature retailer or online source. Beginning in 1971, the late Denise LaSalle […]
Marc Savoy, Made in Louisiana: The Story of the Acadiana Accordion
The autobiographical Made in Louisiana tells the evolutionary journey of how Marc Savoy, a farmer’s son and chemical engineering graduate, became the world’s foremost builder of the premier Cajun accordion, […]
Billy Boy Arnold with Kim Field The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold (University of Chicago Press)
Now 86 years old, the great Billy Boy Arnold is not only the longest-tenured Chicago blues musician, but he is also one of the earliest serious blues historians. As a […]
Todd Mouton, Way Down in Louisiana: Clifton Chenier, Cajun, Zydeco, and Swamp Pop Music (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press)
Here’s the latest addition to the Louisiana music book collection. Mouton, a Lafayette native, has assembled a dozen biographies of South Louisiana individual musicians or bands. The 300-page book in […]
Barbara Barnes Sims, The Next Elvis: Searching for Stardom at Sun Records (LSU Press)
The music business is a continual hustle. Label owners must always be looking for the next charting artist and next hit song. Barbara Barnes Sims saw this first hand when […]
