Music
Smoov Ras, Son of Calypso (Independent)
Reggae music is the product of a process that has been evolving—arguably a slow moving one—since the ’60s. Today’s reggae—or sub genres ragga or dancehall—is both a far throw from […]
REWIND: Sonny Landreth, South of I-10 (Zoo Entertainment)
Sonny Landreth reminisces about recording his fourth studio album, South of I-10, which featured Mark Knopfler. “The fact that it has been 20 years has been a real slap of […]
REWIND: Zachary Richard, Cap Enragé (Initial/Audiogram Records)
Nearing its 20-year anniversary, Zachary Richard looks back on Cap Enragé, a record that changed his approach to the recording process and ushered in a return to his French language […]
Kevin Sekhani, Day Ain’t Done (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
With the demise of the Mercy Brothers, Kevin Sekhani is looking to get back out there on his own. Sekhani is a Lafayette native who graduated high school in Covington […]
Obituary: Jillian Johnson
Out of the many mourners remembering Jillian Johnson, one put it best: everything she did was a love letter to Lafayette. A victim of the July 23rd shooting at Lafayette’s […]
Marcella & Her Lovers, The Bronze Age (Swamp Soul Music)
Music runs in Marcella Simien’s blood, but her heart pumps to a rhythm different from her father Terrance’s zydeco. Now a resident of Memphis—where she attended and graduated college—she’s added […]
Wizards of Boat, Heavy Handed Nonsense (Independent)
Over finely crafted Nintendo synth-pop (before smooth indie pop was cool), the Wizards of Boat created tongue-in-cheek—or downright nuts— songs about dinosaurs, dirt bikes and “nice things” that stood out […]
Feufollet, Two Universes (Feufollet Records)
Feufollet’s Two Universes is the band’s Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. After a long line of albums celebrating and resurrecting traditional Cajun music—even writing like-minded songs in French—they’ve put […]
The Wanderer’s Drift, Rowdy (Independent)
The one instant comparison drawn from a listen to The Wanderer’s Drift’s Rowdy is the White Stripes. A closer listen reveals subtly hidden classic rock and modern rock influences with […]
Sideburner, Sideburner (Independent)
Lafayette’s Sideburner owes a lot to the sounds of a plethora of heady (not heavy), instrumental metal bands of the early 21st century, namely Collapsar (a band in which Sideburner […]
