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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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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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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,
Read More »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
Read More »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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