Sarah Quintana is all about innovating some serious fun.

“Making feel-good music is harder than I thought thanks to pandemics, hurricanes, this being 2025 and life being life,” Sarah Quintana says. “But the sense you have of being in the moment, being part of a community, having a good rehearsal—all that is encouraging. And there is an element of Louisiana music that is always joyful. So even the breakup song ...