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[ August 5, 2026 ] Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
[ August 5, 2026 ] Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It” Album Reviews
[ August 5, 2026 ] Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers News
[ August 5, 2026 ] Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates News
[ August 5, 2026 ] All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December News

Cajun Corner – 2 Coreys, and Cajun country’s most decorated academic

June 1, 2026 Rick Bayles 2

This time around, we’ve got new albums from a brace of Coreys, a new single from a feted musician and poet, plus a landmark anniversary for a beacon of Louisiana music. MoMojo Records are releasing a […]

Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!

April 22, 2026 Rick Bayles 0

We’re back! It has been some time since we posted a Cajun Corner article, but we’re resolved to be more proactive about bringing you news and updates on Cajun & Zydeco music, because we know there […]

Cajun Corner – The Stones Go Cajun!

June 30, 2025 Rick Bayles 3

It has been a while since we had anything to report in Cajun Corner, but we’re back with something really exciting. June 25th 2025 would’ve been the 100th birthday of the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, […]

Cajun Corner – Reclaiming their language

August 30, 2023 Rick Bayles 3

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 […]

Cajun Corner – 10 Cajun/Zydeco Songs That Weren’t Cajun/Zydeco Songs

April 3, 2023 Rick Bayles 7

When I get out and about on my missionary work, preaching the Cajun gospel to unbelievers, the two disparaging comments I hear most often are “The songs are so obscure” and “It’s all sung in French”. […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 1

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]