Music
Nolton Semien, Oh Lucille (Fruge Records)
Though he’s not a household name in today’s contemporary scene, through the years Creole accordionist/septuagenarian Nolton Semien has had a place in Louisiana French music. He’s versatile at playing Creole […]
Les Frères Carrière & The Lawtell Playboys, La La Louisiana Black French Music (Maison de Soul Records)
Folklorist Nick Spitzer, now of American Routes radio fame, made these home recordings of Les Frères Carrière and the Lawtell Playboys in 1976 that were released commercially the following year. […]
Lil’ Wayne and Same Ol’ Two Step, I Bring It (Shrimpo Music)
As evidenced by the pounding title track, Lil’ Wayne can bring it all right. But what he brings mostly on his fourth disc is a contemporary slant to his otherwise […]
Jerry Sartain, Louisiana’s Callin’ (CSP Records)
The world will probably end before swamp pop fades into the sunset. Performances like this can’t hurt either as Louisiana’s Callin’ will likely have a long shelf life. Though most […]
Truckstop Honeymoon, Steamboat in a Cornfield (Squirrel Records)
Truckstop Honeymoon’s fourth album since its post-Katrina relocation to the bleached Kansas prairies is more of a New Orleans record than anything the husband-and-wife couple of Mike West and Katie […]
Leroy Martin, My Old Swamp Pops, My Old Friends and Some New Stuff (Jin Records)
It’s virtually impossible to summarize Leroy Martin’s eight-decade career in professional music succinctly: musician, writer, bandleader, producer, engineer and historian. In the ‘60s, his Acadians backed up Vin Bruce while […]
French Quarter Fest Focus: Les Frères Michot
Any band that lasts 25 years is an institution, which certainly applies to Les Frères Michot. The band celebrated its silver anniversary in 2011 as an acoustic Cajun family band […]
Bobby Michot, Gone Back (Independent)
When Cajun musicians often talk about playing it the old way, they mean music played in an accordion-fiddle or accordion-fiddle-guitar configuration. Bobby Michot’s solo debut is a good example of […]
Jimmy C. Newman, Swamp Country (Independent)
When you’re an octogenarian with an illustrious, seven-decade career as a country-charting artist and a regional Cajun icon, you can pretty much do whatever you want at the twilight of […]
Morris Ledet and the Zydeco Ramblers featuring “Kassy”, Swing That Thing (Maison de Soul Records)
Before there was Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys, there was Morris Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys. It was only by accident that Morris discovered that his beautiful bride had […]
