Issue Articles
Corey Ledet Talks Back
The old adage “many are called, few are chosen” certainly applies to Corey Ledet. At the tender age of 10, he was called to a life in zydeco when he […]
Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul, Live in New Orleans! (Independent)
From the bottom of the boot, baby! Sean Ardoin is now a three-time Grammy nominee with this riveting live recording from last July’s inaugural NOLA Zydeco Fest at the New […]
Dougie & The Tone Drifters, MME Zin Zin (Independent)
By Doug Schroeder’s admission, this all-original, mostly Cajun music affair wasn’t supposed to happen. The fiddler wrote “La Valse de la Peine” and recorded it with Megan Constantin (vocals), Jimmy […]
Corey Harris, The Insurrection Blues (M.C. Records)
On his 20th album and his first in three years, Corey Harris recorded these 14 tracks in Italy, where he lived during the pandemic before returning to the United States. […]
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, […]
Michot’s Melody Makers, Tiny Island (Nouveau Electric)
Louie Michot’s Lost Bayou Ramblers and Michot’s Melody Makers have never shied away from pulling in guests from outside their South Louisiana Cajun orbit. A shortlist would include Violent Femmes’ […]
Gregg Martinez, A Mac Daddy Christmas (NOLA Blue Records)
When your buddies call you Mac Daddy and your prized ’73 Pontiac is dubbed Mac Daddy, it goes without saying that all things killer, including Christmas albums, are Mac Daddies […]
Keith Frank & the Creole Connection, The Resurrection of The Creole Connection (Soulwood Records)
Over the course of his successful 31-year career as front man and accordionist of the Soileau Zydeco Band, Keith Frank has endured as one of the genre’s leading envelope pushers. […]
Drew Landry releases “Hurricane” song to benefit the Go Fish Coalition
When Hurricane Ida pummeled the Louisiana coastline earlier this year on August 29, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, singer-songwriter-activist Drew Landry did what he always does when disaster strikes—he […]
Boma Bango brings Congolese Rumba to French Louisiana
The story of Congolese rumba is quite an intriguing chapter in ethnomusicology. The Central African genre germinated from its son Cubano roots (from Cuba) in the 1940s after Radio Congo […]
