I’ve started a crowdfunding campaign at indiegogo.com/gumboradio. Let’s raise some funds to get Gumbo Radio‘s live broadcast of Louisiana’s music back up and running. Check out the video below for more details.
Why not just ask the pros?
I’ve been trying to lay off my rants lately about signs that drive me nuts (see Signs), but after seeing a sign at the local Home Depot that’s been up there for months, I think I’m back on the beat. There’s a few offenders I’ve been eyeballing anyway. Now, of course, I will be…
A sweet spread
Louisiana Cultural Vistas reprinted “The Record Man,” one of the pieces from Angola to Zydeco, in its summer edition. Check it out. It’s a beautiful 10-page spread. And strangely enough, two years ago, LCV published a piece about Louisiana fiddlers by Ron Yule which featured my grandfather, Roy “Peanut” Conn. Look for the article on…
A letter from Larry Brown
A couple of years before Larry Brown died, I struck up a correspondence with him. After reading and reviewing Billy Ray’s Farm for The Times of Acadiana in Lafayette, I sent the review to Brown at his home outside of Oxford, Mississippi. I was surprised to receive a letter from him, so I wrote to…