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Monday Morning Video – Neville Brothers

Monday, July 27, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

The world is simply a better place when it’s accompanied by a Neville Brothers soundtrack.

Filed Under: Cajun, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Neville Brothers

Western Centuries – Call the Captain

Thursday, April 02, 2020 By Shawn Underwood

You could probably write a book about how bands are formed. Some are born as school friends playing in a forgiving parent’s garage. Other have a process-based beginning, with formal recruitment and auditions. I think I’d take a bet that many of the most successful started with a mutual love of something that became foundational […]

Filed Under: Americana, Cajun, Country, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Western Centuries

Monday Morning Video – Lost Bayou Ramblers

Monday, January 06, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Want to start the new year off right? How ’bout some of Louisiana’s finest – The Lost Bayou Ramblers – taking over the legendary Preservation Hall in New Orleans to perform the song “Granny Smith”. And in case you missed it, group founders Louis and Andre Michot recently talked with us about Ramblers life past, […]

Filed Under: Cajun, Videos Tagged With: Lost Bayou Ramblers

Lost Bayou Ramblers on a Troublesome Flat Tire and Their Approach to Rehearsals

Tuesday, December 24, 2019 By Mayer Danzig 1 Comment

Andre and Louis Michot of the Lost Bayou Ramblers share their tip for making tours more tolerable and discuss why a musician’s personality, outlook and musicianship matter.

Filed Under: Americana, Cajun, Interviews, Why It Matters Tagged With: Lost Bayou Ramblers

Monday Morning Video – Dr. John

Monday, June 10, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

It’s been a rough spring in the music world. This past week brought the news that Mac Rebennack – Dr. John – had passed. The New Orleans native captured all of the energy, flamboyance and mystery of his hometown and instilling it in his music. Here’s a trifecta from the good Doctor. The righteous funk […]

Filed Under: Cajun, In Memoriam, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Dr. John

Brother Dege on “Van Quixote” and Rehearsing in Near-Condemned Buildings

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 By Mayer Danzig Leave a Comment

New Orleans artist Brother Dege describes his band’s frugal touring strategies, some colorful day jobs and overcoming shaky hands at his first gig.

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Cajun, Rock, Why It Matters Tagged With: Brother Dege

Monday Morning Video – Rod Melancon

Monday, June 19, 2017 By Mayer Danzig

Los Angeles-based singer/guitarist Rod Melancon likes to write songs about his formative years growing up in Louisiana. These are richly colorful tales, or more to the point vivid characters, often based on real people and occurrences. If his debut album from focused on the youthful innocence (and exuberance), his sophomore release takes on much darker […]

Filed Under: Cajun, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Rod Melancon

In Memoriam – Buckwheat Zydeco

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 By Shawn Underwood

While New Orleans has played a significant role in two of America’s greatest musical forms, jazz and blues, when you say “Louisiana music” to most people they hear the style championed by Stanley Dural, Jr., aka Buckwheat Zydeco.  Dural passed away this past weekend and it’s worth remembering the man who became the face of […]

Filed Under: Cajun, In Memoriam, Reviews Tagged With: Buckwheat Zydeco

Peace, Love and Twang at the Philadelphia Folk Festival

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

The Philadelphia Folk Festival, which has been around for 54 years, isn’t your grandfather’s folk festival. While there is still a smattering of venerable acoustic solo folksingers on its program like Arlo Guthrie, Bruce Cockburn and Tom Paxton, the festival has become a great platform for Americana artists of all flavors as well as for […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Cajun, Country, Folk, Reviews, Rock, Rockabilly, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Arlo Guthrie, Baskery, Bruce Cockburn, Cody Dickinson, El Caribefunk, Hillbenders, Hoots & Hellmouth, Larry Campbell, Luther Dickinson, Lyle Lovett, North Mississippi Allstars, Parker Millsap, Selwyn Birchwood, Shakey Graves, Teresa Williams, The Lee Boys, Tom Paxton

Shinyribs – Okra Candy

Friday, July 10, 2015 By Shawn Underwood

On various patches of land continuously testing the boundaries of wet and dry in the sea level portions of southeast Texas, southwest Mississippi and southern Louisiana live a breed of men thriving on the margins of humanity.  For a 2 week stretch they manage to semi-control their impulses enough to be trusted by others of their […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Cajun, Reviews Tagged With: Kevin Russell, Shinyribs

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