Summer 2022
A Lot of Saxophones
Cecilia’s own saxophonist Dickie Landry
Articles
Spring 2022
A Virtuoso from Vidalia
Winter 2021
Last Gig in Natchitoches
Jim Croce died shortly after playing at Northwestern State University
Sound Advice
A Labor of Love, and a Monumental Resource
A major milestone in the documentation of Cajun and Creole music
Summer 2021
Patsy Vidalia
A drag star shone in New Orleans's 1950s nightlife
Spring 2021
“You Smell Like a Garbage Can!”
The raw, raucous blues of Boogie Bill Webb
Winter 2020
King Bees and Wannabes
The legacy of Slim Harpo
Sound Advice
Eighteen Years of Hackberry Rambling
The gift of playing with venerable innovators
Summer 2020
Jazz Ladies
Women have been fundamental in building support for jazz and its history
Spring 2020
Folkloric Field Research
Documenting Louisiana’s musical heritage
Winter 2019
Bust Fund Babies
The Grateful Dead got a sour reception in New Orleans
Sound Advice
Innovative New Interpretations of Centuries-Old Music
The lyrical legacy of Caesar Vincent
Summer 2019
The New Orleans Pop Festival
Fifty years since Louisiana’s Woodstock
Spring 2019
Music with Porous Boundaries
The proud eclecticism of John Fohl and Corey Ledet
Winter 2018
Bold New Directions for Veteran Musicians
New releases from Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams and Walter “Wolfman” Washington
Summer 2018
Henry Roeland Byrd Fesses Up
A feature-length interview with Professor Longhair is released on DVD alongside the 1982 documentary "Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together"
Spring 2018
The Shimmering Mosaic of Louisiana Music
Ben Sandmel reviews new releases from Lloyd Price, Gregg Martinez, Sweet Cecilia and more
Winter 2017
Commodifying Traditional Music
The prolific, controversial career of Ralph S. Peer
Sound Advice
America Hears Itself
New documentary on traditional music combines vintage and contemporary material
Sound Advice
A Final Album but No Swan Song
Spring 2013
Aaron Neville's My True Story
Summer 2016
An Inventive, Inspired Inundation
Spring 2016
Tradition’s Unbroken Chain and Inevitable Evolution
Winter 2001
Elvis has not left the building
Spring 2015
The Far-Reaching Legacy of Lead Belly
Spring 2003
Voices of Ferriday
Winter 2015
Sweet Crude’s Bilingual Ebullience
Sweet Crude, a New Orleans-based band, enjoys great popularity in cutting-edge Cajun and Francophone circles.
Sound Advice
The Curious Corners of Regional Identity
Summer 2015
The Sounds of CenLA
Its unique position between Acadiana and Anglo-rooted parishes to the north gives Central Louisiana a blend of traditional musical styles.
Sound Advice
