Issue Articles
New Tools for Zydeco
What does zydeco musician Travis Matte have in common with Kanye West, Usher, The Beastie Boys, Bruce Springsteen and John Mayer? A hint: West, Usher and the rest haven’t taken […]
The End of the Show
The Medicine Show has finally delivered its cure. For the past 10 years, this music show at Grant Street Dancehall in Lafayette has raised money for the Dr. Tommy Comeaux […]
Best of the Beat Heartbeat Award: Cynthia Simien
Cynthia Simien can’t play an accordion, fiddle or rubboard, but she is a zydeco and Cajun music pioneer, taking the genres to new heights. Simien is the driving force behind […]
Buck Plays Bob
Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr., leader of Buckwheat Zydeco, has used the accordion to become a world-traveled, Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated musician. But Dural’s first musical love, the Hammond B3 organ, is […]
Rubboards Never Looked So Good
“Tee” Don Landry is now a hero to his teenage nieces in New York. Landry scored major points when he secured tickets to pop star Rihanna’s October concert in Rochester. […]
Obituary: Goodbye to Matthew Cormier
Funeral services for 22-year-olds are supposed to be sad occasions, but the family and friends of zydeco musician Matthew Cormier had already cried until their eyes hurt as much as […]
Allons Danser, Twlya Tharp
Modern dance projects with zydeco music are as common as mountains in New Orleans. But that’s about to change, thanks to the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana (PASA) PASA, a […]
The Grammys Add Cajun/Zydeco Category
No one has to ask fiddler David Greely twice if he’s excited about the new Grammy category for zydeco and Cajun music recordings. Greely, co-founder of two-time Grammy nominees Steve […]
