Louisiana Article Archives
The Grayson Capps Interview: The Zen of Grayson Capps
The Zen of Grayson Capps By James Calemine From wonder into wonder existence opens. Lao Tzu Grayson Capps was driving somewhere on Alabama's Gulf Coast when I called him last Thursday. The following day, he began to tour in read more...
The Preston Lauterbach Interview: Cultural Innards of the Chitlin' Circut
The Preston Lauterbach Interview: Cultural Innards of the Chitlin' Circut By James Calemine Preston Lauterbach's first book--The Chitlin' Circut read more...
Lance Ledbetter Interview: The Divine Grace of Dust To Digital
Lance Ledbetter Interview Dust To Digital’s Divine Grace By James Calemine The story of Dust To Digital is a divine one. In the read more...
The John M. Barry Interview
Mr. John M. Barry is the Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier universities. He is the author of many acclaimed books, including
The Majestic and Graceful Music of Amy LaVere
The Majestic and Graceful Music of Amy LaVere The Amy LaVere Interview By James Calemine
Way Down South With John Sayles
Way Down South with John Sayles By James Calemine John Sayles’ films command respect. His latest film, Honeydripper, takes read more...
Ron Higgins, (Memphis) Commerical Appeal
Tom Coerver: On Louisiana, China Sky and Hurricane Katrina
BACKWATER TALES FROM A GREAT SOUTHERN MUSICIAN by Michael Buffalo Smith Tom Coerver is a musician's musician. A good ol' Louisiana boy who has an inate ability to play just about any musical instrument he can get his hands on, including a
James Burton
James Burton Swampland Interview Guitar Man: An Original Six-String Journeyman by James Calemine March 2007 Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on August 21, 1939, guitarist-extraordinaire James Burton read more...
Sonny Landreth
SONNY LANDRETH by Derek Halsey December 2005 Sonny Landreth has honed his slide guitar playing skills for 41 of his 54 years on Earth, and along the read more...
Michael Doucet (BeauSoleil)
BeauSoleil’s Michael Doucet Talks Of Hurricanes And Louisiana Music by Derek Halsey November 2005 BeauSoleil has been one of the premier bands to come out of Louisiana since its inception in 1975. Hailing from read more...
Tony Joe White
TONY JOE WHITE: THE SWAMP FOX by Michael Buffalo Smith October 2004 Tony Joe White is an American treasure. In 1969, Tony Joe came bursting out of the read more...
Jerry LaCroix
Talkin’ Trash with Jerry LaCroix An Interview with the Former Lead Singer of Edgar Winter’s White Trash by Michael Buffalo Smith January 2000 My wife and I were in Port Arthur, Texas on read more...