Music
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 […]
Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr., Scratch My Back (Sound of New Orleans)
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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 […]
Mojo and the Bayou Gypsies, Mojo Gonna Git’ Ya! (Red Hot Mojo)
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Keith Frank, On A Mission (Maison de Soul)
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