Music
Stephanie Nilles & Zach Brock & the Magic Number, … Takes a Big Ship (Independent)
If there’s a takeaway here, it’s that things are never what they seem. If … takes a Big Ship was based on the first two tracks, “Gimme a Pigfoot (& […]
Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Dockside Sessions (MusicMatters Records)
Terrance Simien once recorded a spoken-word-and-music album, 2001’s Tribute Sessions, that paid homage to various Creole musicians. Here, he does another loving tribute to nearby Dockside Studio owned by Steve […]
Ray Abshire, All Night Long (Swallow Records)
Ray Abshire’s third effort in a decade is his most dancehall-centric yet, due to a fuller band sound with sons Brent and Travis on acoustic guitar and bass and former […]
Kelcy Mae, The Fire (Independent)
Though Kelcy Mae established herself in 2011 as a viable singer-songwriter with her self-produced, acoustic release Pennies in Hand, here she starts fresh with this five-song EP. She enlisted Elephant […]
Chris Belleau, Knee Deep in the Blues (Independent)
Before releasing his first record in a decade, Chris Belleau last popped up in the Baton Rouge-based Zydeco Hounds that, as time went on, had less to do with zydeco […]
Brushy One-String, Destiny (Rise Up Music)
As evidenced by Bruce Daigrepont’s recent solo accordion recording Jamais de la Vie and Spencer Bohren’s lap steel extravaganza Tempered Steel, less certainly seems to be more these days. But […]
Various Artists, In His Grace (Independent)
In His Grace is the sonic companion to the popular musical comedy of the same name that just ended a second successful run at Lafayette’s Cite’ Des Arts Theater. When […]
Paul “Lil Buck” Sinegal: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Independent)
These days the 71-year-old Lafayette bluesman is the guitar-scorching sideman for Buckwheat Zydeco and Corey “Lil Pop” Ledet. But from 1959 to 1971 he fronted his own 11-piece horn-powered funk/R&B/soul […]
Yvette Landry: No Man’s Land (Independent)
Buy on Amazon No sophomore slump here, Yvette Landry delivers a beaut that honky tonks its way through an assortment of colorful tales told mostly from a woman’s perspective. Whether […]
Jazz Fest 2013 Focus: Yvette Landry
It’s hard to imagine life being any crazier for Yvette Landry these days between gigging in one of her four Cajun bands, leading her own country/Americana outfit and releasing both […]
