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Julian Primeaux: Songs For The Heart of Sister Flute (Nature & Grain Music)

If you’ve only seen Julian Primeaux as zydeco accordionist Corey Ledet’s slingin’ sideman guitarist, Songs For the Heart of Sister Flute is the artistic side he’d prefer you to hear. It’s the fiery blues rocker’s fourth album and the second of a loosely themed trilogy regarding how emotional experiences affect the heart.

Gregg Hill: Bayou St. John (Skippy Records)

Bayou St. John is Gregg Hill’s sixth overall record and second since relocating to the Crescent City in 2018. It’s also his first album recorded in New Orleans.

Leftover Salmon: Grass Roots (Compass Records)

Leftover Salmon’s Drew Emmitt shared recently in an interview that original material wasn’t being written fast enough to hit the studio. So, bassist and producer Greg Garrison suggested an album of covers, the kind bluegrass upstarts Leftover String Band and Salmonheads played in their early days at the Telluride festival campground before those bands merged and became Leftover Salmon.

My Music Richard Comeaux

Though Southwest Louisiana has no shortage of accordionists, fiddlers and rubboard scrappers, it’s also known for its remarkable steel guitarists, like Richard Comeaux.

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Keeping the Cajun Flame Blazing: Living your culture in the Roots of Fire documentary

Considering that Cajun music was once an endangered species on the verge of extinction, there can never be an oversaturation of sources telling its story. The Roots of Fire documentary, co-directed by the husband-and-wife team of Abby Berendt Lavoi and Jeremey Lavoi, is the latest such vehicle that will likely introduce Cajun culture and music to another generation unaware of its glorious legacy and delicate past, but a deserving one that continues its resiliency.

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Louis Michot: Rêve du Troubador (Nouveau Electric Records)

Anyone familiar with the career progression of Lost Bayou Ramblers’ fiddlin’ frontman Louis Michot can sense he has plenty to say and seemingly infinite interests.

The Duane Bartels Band: Electric Baby Carriage (Baby Boy Bartels)

Originally songwriter-guitarist Duane Bartels intended to visit New Orleans for a day. That was seven-and-a-half years ago. Not only is he still drawing oxygen in the Crescent City, but the California native has also released two albums of original material since then.

Cameron Fontenot: A Tribute to the Fiddling Greats (Independent)

Hats off to Cameron Fontenot for releasing a different kind of debut album. Whereas most debut albums symbolize the arrival of new talent, the Cajun fiddler opted for something different by dedicating each tune to a particular fiddler. On nine tracks, Fontenot duets with a fellow fiddler known for a specific repertoire, style, or personal connection to the honoree.

Dean Zucchero: Electric Church for the Spiritually Misguided (Pugnacious Records)

Since moving to New Orleans, a decade ago, Dean Zucchero has certainly made his mark on his adopted city’s abundant music scene.

Laura Huval: Raised in the Choir Loft (OCP)

When Laura Huval says she was practically weaned in the church choir loft, she’s not kidding. Her parents, Cajun musician Al and Karleen (née Guidry) Berard, met as teenagers at choir practice at St. Joseph Church in Cecilia, Louisiana. Al played guitar, helped arrange, and even wrote a few songs while Karleen sang alto and soprano. Huval joined the choir at age nine and performed her first professional gig, a wedding, three years later.