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Outside Politics Creep Into Session

Justin Morris May 3, 2018 Comments Off on Outside Politics Creep Into Session

By Jeremy Alford & Mitch Rabalais Time has become a factor for the Louisiana Legislature, with less than weeks to go until the session’s end. The pressure ratchets up further when you consider that

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Bryan Leger

Justin Morris April 20, 2018 Comments Off on Bryan Leger

By Justin Morris Some musical sounds are implicitly tied to the place and time they came from. The music of the late ‘50s and ‘60s was certainly that, particularly in the South, and even

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Hello, Newbery Medal

Justin Morris March 15, 2018 Comments Off on Hello, Newbery Medal

Erin Entrada Kelly Wins The Newbery Medal By Justin Morris   I share a birthday with some pretty cool people — the great Freddie Mercury, Werner Herzog, Jesse James, King Louis XIV and even a

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Lunar Eclipse

Justin Morris March 1, 2018 Comments Off on Lunar Eclipse

Dave Evans On The End Of Luna Live & The Expansion Of Luna Bar and Grill Story By Justin Morris Photos of Dave Evans by Chris Brennan I met Dave Evans sometime in late 2004 or

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Lost Bayou Ramblers

Justin Morris March 1, 2018 Comments Off on Lost Bayou Ramblers

 A Visit With Louis Michot Of The Grammy-Winning Louisiana Band By Justin Morris I’m fairly certain that if you could travel back in Cajun music history and show Iry LeJeune and Amédé Ardoin a

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Eric Avery And The Rebirth Of Crying Eagle Brewing Company

Justin Morris February 1, 2018 Comments Off on Eric Avery And The Rebirth Of Crying Eagle Brewing Company

Story By Justin Morris |  Photos By Jason Carroll “Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain. Quaintest thoughts —

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The Generation Gap

Justin Morris January 4, 2018 Comments Off on The Generation Gap

By Justin Morris It’s 6 am, and in any given city in America, the airwaves are all a flutter with those duo-based morning shows that are all peppy, upbeat, zany or whatever variation on

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Jo-El Sonnier

Justin Morris December 21, 2017 Comments Off on Jo-El Sonnier

 A New Children’s Book Is Part Of His Effort To Keep Cajun Culture Alive Story By Justin Morris • Photos By David Simpson It’s hard to imagine 65 years of major label recording contracts,

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Heartaches And Rattlesnakes

Justin Morris November 2, 2017 Comments Off on Heartaches And Rattlesnakes

Justin Martindale’s New Album Uses Melodic Songs To Spin A Story Of Heartbreak    Story By Justin Morris Photos By Emily Martingale, Martindale Media Group In recent years, the term “Americana,” as it relates to

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Have A Cigar

Justin Morris October 19, 2017 Comments Off on Have A Cigar

A Tobacco Pilgrimage To El Paraiso, Honduras   By Justin Morris It may be hard for many of you to imagine, but my life does exist outside the world of performers and artistic works

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