Issue Articles
Baaba Maal
As plenty of Journalists can tell you, nothing gets an interview with a superstar off to a better start than a friendly introduction. A different tradition, however, seems of to […]
Boozoo Chavis
These days, talking with Boozoo Chavis — whose 1954 single “Paper in My Shoe” has been called the “first-ever zydeco hit” — is like talking to Muhammed Ali and Little […]
Geno Delafose
At 25 years of age, Geno Delafose is one of the few second-generation zydeco musicians to find himself following successfully in his father’s footsteps. Yet not only has he followed […]
Beau Jocque: Zydeco’s Hi-Roller Raises the Stakes
It’s 7:25, Friday night, and the staff at Lafayette’s Grant Street Dancehall has begun to get nervous. Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers – one of the hottest zydeco acts […]
