Issue Articles
The Ultimate Louisiana Experience with Johnnie Allan
The walls of the blue room are papered with LP covers; 45 rpm records and CD jewel boxes. Awards and book jackets hang over the desk. A red and white, […]
Cajun Trailblazers – 20 Years of BeauSoleil
Before 1986, there was no such thing as a full-time Cajun band. Southwest Louisiana’s vibrant musical traditions were bright threads in the fabric of the region’s culture, but the guardians […]
Jimmy Breaux: Keeping the Dancehall Beat
That was the style, those were the instruments when I started playing music’,” said 29-year-old accordionist Jimmy Breaux. The Breaux Bridge native grew up in the 1970s, but the pedal […]