Columns
View from Across La Manche #17
New Orleans comes to the Perigord. Not to put too fine a point on things, it has been warm. We haven’t had any wildfires or any of the intense heat other parts of Europe have had […]
Articles by Rick Bayles
Cajun Corner
Cajun Corner – Reclaiming their language
Bonjour to all you crazy Cajun connoisseurs out there; we have news of a couple of new releases that are worthy of your attention. We’ve seen in recent articles in this occasional series, how important it […]
Features
VERSIONS: “Ol’ 55”
Welcome back to our popular VERSIONS feature. For those of you not familiar with it, the idea is that our writers pick a great song and then as well as presenting readers with the original version, […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Michael Streissguth “Highways & Heartaches”
Two for the road. What an excellent read this is. The full title of the book is ‘Highways & Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country […]
Obituaries
The Song Remains: Robbie Robertson (1943 – 2023)
The eclectic songwriter behind the musical mastery of The Band. Robbie Robertson, one of the most important musicians of his generation, died on August 9th, at his home in Los Angeles, following a lengthy illness. Robertson […]