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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

"Alons A Ville Platte" - Leo Soileau

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As the Depression began to subside, RCA used their new Bluebird label to coax earlier Cajun musicians back into the studio.  In the wint...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

"Point De Lou" - Nathan Abshire

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Nathan Abshire was born in the small town of Gueydan and his father, mother and uncle all played insturments.  Although his father was an...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

"Jay Pas Pour Restez" - The Singing Frenchman

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Known as "The Singing Frenchman", Johnny William "J.W." Billiot was born in Hamshire, Texas and raised in Louisiana with...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

"I Woke Up One Morning In May" - Didier Hebert

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Didier Hébert (pronounced DEE-djay AY-bear ) was a blind guitarist from Louisiana who accompanied the accordion player Dewey Segura on one C...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

"Acadian Two Step" - Amede Breaux

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During WWII, Cajun artists such as the Breaux Brothers saw their opportunities to record dwindle and remain stagnant.  Their instrument wa...
Saturday, August 2, 2025

"Le Pond De Nante" - John Bertrand & Roy Gonzales

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Before the arrival of the Acadians in 1764, Louisiana had a fair share of Frenchmen that arrived and resided along the Mississippi River as ...
Monday, June 9, 2025

"La Vieux Vals An' Onc Mack" - Thibodeaux Boys

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Most of what people know about Joe Werner comes from his recording career however, even in his earliest years, he was always an enterta...