Music
Bruce Daigrepont, Jamais de la Vie (Independent)
Here’s a question guaranteed to stump the self-anointed trivia experts: What do metal thrashers Metallica and Cajun accordionist Bruce Daigrepont have in common? Give up? Both have used the services […]
Golden Triangle, Swamp Blues (Independent)
Call Chuck Wentworth a sonic matchmaker of sorts. The Rhythm & Roots Festival honcho pegged it right when he arranged a swamp blues workshop featuring Mamou Playboys’ David Greely and […]
Tony Goulas, Every Room Is Blue (Independent)
For years Tony Goulas was everyone’s favorite sideman; having served in the ranks of the Boogie Kings, G.G. Shinn, T.K. Hulin’s Smoke and Gregg Martinez’s Delta Kings. The Louisiana Music […]
High Performance, That’s What Makes Cajuns Dance (Swallow Records)
In some ways, High Performance has it backwards. Most groups release a studio album or two before dropping the Über hip live album. But not High Performance, whose third effort […]
Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Rockin With Roy (Swampadellic Records)
On Rockin With Roy, Chubby Carrier pays homage to the man responsible for his very zydeco existence, pops Roy Carrier (1947-2010) who weaned his son in his bands. The first […]
Chris Ardoin, Unleashed (Maison de Soul)
Chris Ardoin’s past few discs were released independently; then months, even years later, Maison de Soul Records would reissue the same, previously released title when it wasn’t exactly fresh anymore. […]
Obituary: Hadley Castille (1933-2012)
Cajun swing fiddler Hadley J. Castille passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at an Opelousas nursing home due to an inoperable brain tumor. He was 79. During Castille’s eight-decade music career, […]
The Revelers, The Revelers (Independent)
Whaddya do when your bread-and-butter band slows down due to a crazy little thing called life? Form another one. That’s what most of the Red Stick Ramblers did by forming […]
Huval, Dupuy & Fuselier, Cajun Band (Swallow)
Huval, Dupuy & Fuselier isn’t the name of a prestigious downtown law firm but the unveiling of the next generation of talented teenage Cajun musicians. Buy on AmazonEach has already […]
Walter Jr., The Sacraments (The Road to Emmaus Music, Inc.)
Lafayette bluesman Walter Jr. has grown more spiritual on his last few releases, and the seven-volume The Sacraments marks his most ambitious project yet. Each volume is a single track […]
