It’s a good day to be a Louisiana World Maker and Terrance is next level honored and humbled to receive this unrestricted grant as one of 32 other amazing artists/culture bearers from an array of disciplines. Being in the arts as long as we have, we understand how often BIPOC artists are NOT funded. So …
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Simien Family Creole Gumbo Recipe – Chicken & Sausage – add Gulf Shrimp*! NOTE: the word gumbo is African in origin. Ingredients: 3 tbsp Olive oil 8 Organic chicken thighs – skinless, boneless or w/ skin & bone, which will need be removed before serving 2 lbs lbs large Gulf shrimp peeled, deveined …
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UPDATE: 1/26/21. Here it is y’all! With this note from the museum: “Hi, I wanted to first say thank you all for helping NMAAM acquire these amazing artifacts. We just installed them in our main lobby. These will be one of the first things our visitor sees upon arrival to NMAAM” …
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The Mardi Gras parades, balls and tours may all be on hold until 2022, but the music plays on with a very special livestream concert event from Vermilionville Performance Center, Lafayette, LA on February 13, 2021 at 7:30 Central time. Yep, the band is back together y’all! Their last time on stage was at Stocker Arts Center …
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Available for purchase on all digital platforms and in our shop. Thanks in advance for your support. http://music.amazon.com/albums/B08GC42L1V http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1528038005?ls=1&app=itunes http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1528038005 Liner Notes: 10 minute read. Fact is, there are endless stories, many layers and deep meaning to all creative endeavors. Here’s a bit of our story in Five W’s + lagniappe (a lil extra). And fact …
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Our good friends Ben & Jerry are at it again – as John Lewis would say – “getting in good trouble.” They are leading one of several national efforts to end qualified immunity so that law enforcement can be prosecuted for police brutality. Check out brother Ben protesting in VT! For more info and to …
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AMERI’KANA fest – October 21st-24th, 2020 We are really excited to be part of this and can’t say enough about how much we respect everyone involved in this project. Here’s the story y’all: Psych-rockers Making Movies have announced a four-night virtual event, AMERI’KANA fest: the beginning of an exploration into American music, past and present over four-nights of …
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This aired pre pandemic, during Black History Month, Februart 17, 2020. Due to our efforts – well, Cynthia’s! – zydeco is represented there! Yep, she pestered them for about a year, got through and it was a no brainer to the smart curatorial staff who enlisted her assistance to create the small but mighty exhibit; …
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June is Black Music Month, but as we like to say for us black music is 24/7/365 for nearly 40 years now! Black roots music to be exact. Yep, that’s def what our genre is; zydeco is music born to the black and mixed race French speaking creators of Louisiana. Hard stop. Many also identify …
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NOTE: History matters. This is what being black in America looks like. Terrance has a similar story about patronizing a music venue in the country, a very similar place and was turned away with the excuse that there closed for a private party. He clearly saw white people paying a cover and turned away away …
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