Music
Christian Simeon, Sorry For Not Being Sorry (Nepotism Records)
Christian Simeon sure is an interesting cat. While he draws inspiration from such titan songwriters as Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams and Anders Osborne, what’s heard here is nothing like that. […]
Travis Matte and the Kingpins, Cuttin Up (Mhat Productions)
Travis Matte and the Kingpins’ latest release is dubbed Cuttin Up, but such a title could apply to anything in its rowdy and raucous, dozen-deep discography. Stacking It Up also […]
Who’s Your Mac Daddy? Singer Gregg Martinez swung for the fences on his new album
The last few years must seem like a tsunami of change for blue-eyed, paint-peeling soul singer Gregg Martinez (pronounced Mart-nez). A few years back, the “Stone Cold Steve Austin” doppelganger […]
Sabra Guzmán comes home to the foreign land of French Louisiana
Sometimes it happens out of the blue: an unexpected event illuminates a path forward. Lafayette musician Sabra Guzmán, front-woman for Sabra & the Get Rights, never expected an email invitation […]
Goldman Thibodeaux & The Lawtell Playboys, La Danse à St. Ann’s (Nouveau Electric Records)
This live recording by 87-year-old Goldman Thibodeaux & The Lawtell Playboys is significant in countless ways and will likely grow in importance in the years to come. He’s a folklorist’s […]
Snake Hat, Snake Hat (Independent)
Who says university professors can’t rock? As evidenced by this eponymously-titled, five-track EP, this quartet of Southeastern Louisiana University faculty members has no problem cranking it up after class. Everyone […]
Zachary Richard’s digital release benefits the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic
It doesn’t take an esteemed scientist like Dr. Anthony Fauci to remind you that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a tsunami effect on every facet of society. In the Crescent […]
Sweet Cecilia, A Tribute to Al Berard (Independent)
Though beloved Cajun fiddler Al Berard left this world all too soon in 2014, his legacy lives on, in part, thanks to Forest Huval, Kevin Anthony, and Kelli Jones with […]
My Music with vocalist and songwriter Louise Cappi
“I grew up on Long Island. It was the ’burbs, you know, but it was an easy commute into the city. When I was in my late teens, my dad […]
Rufus Jagneaux, ‘The Opelousas Sostan Collection’ (Jin Records)
Rufus Jagneaux etched its name in the annals of South Louisiana music with the 1971 hit “Opelousas Sostan,” written by bassist Benny Graeff. Though the joyful, easy-to-sing-along-with tune was its […]
