Issue Articles
Last of Their Breed: Louisiana swamp pop with T.K. Hulin, Johnnie Allan and Gregg Martinez
Gregg Martinez & the Delta Kings with guests T.K. Hulin and Johnnie Allan will perform a swamp pop set on the Lagniappe Stage at Jazz Fest on Friday, April 29, […]
Blood Harmonies | Oh, the Life of Steve Riley: Dewey Balfa, Riley Family Band and the Rebirth of the Mamou Playboys
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys will perform at the Fais Do Do Stage on Friday, April 29, at 3 p.m. Burke Riley Cajun Quintet will perform at the Kids […]
Bogue Chitto, Bogue Chitto (Independent)
It’s hard to argue with Ernie K-Doe, the self-anointed “Emperor of the Universe” who once proclaimed that this country’s music only stems from Louisiana and Mississippi, with everything else being […]
Beau Bayou & Sabine Connection, Just Doin’ Me (Independent)
The sophomore effort from Beau Bayou & Sabine Connection will likely keep the momentum going from its 2019 debut, True to My Roots. Like True to My Roots, the band […]
Tom Andes, Static on Every Station (Independent)
Initially, Louis Maistros’ cover shot of a watchful Buddha statue on Tom Andes’ EP debut seems enigmatic since it implies an inexplicable Asian connection. Besides the figure itself and a […]
Riley Family Band, La Vie De Riley (Valcour Records)
Ever since Steve Riley’s sons Burke and Dolsy could walk, they’ve been involved with music in the family household. After a few years, the young musicians (now twelve and nine […]
Kyle Huval and the Dixie Club Ramblers, Amédée’s Waltz (Valcour Records)
The second recording with this lineup (third overall) from Kyle Huval and the Dixie Club Ramblers would fit well with Cajun recordings from 70 years ago. Huval wrote 11 of […]
Steele Creek, A Long Way From Home (Independent)
As singer-songwriter Phil Cramer points out, where you’re from is always part of your identity, even when you live elsewhere. Though the Charlotte, North Carolina, native is a longtime New […]
Christian Simeon, Black Unicorn (Easy Sin Music)
Though there are various interpretations of the urban culture term Black Unicorn, generally it refers to a fundamentally sound African American man. To paraphrase singer-songwriter Christian Simeon from a statement […]
Joe Hall & the Louisiana Cane Cutters, Proud to be a Creole (Fruge Records)
Years from now, artistic revelations will continue to surface from musicians whose performances were curtailed during the great pandemic of the roaring 2020s. Some, like Joe Hall, leveraged the downtime […]
