Multi-instrumentalist Gina Forsyth brings passion and panache to her latest release, Promised Land, a 14-tune effort brimming with spot-on acoustic musicianship and austere, poetic storytelling that highlight Forsyth’s keen ear for the American folk songbook.

Joyeux Noël
It’s Christmas in Cajun Country and if you’re looking for a great stocking stuffer to surprise your favorite zydeco fan then check out Horace Trahan’s first Christmas album, Christmas in Every Way.

DL ON THE DOWNLOAD
The down low on Roddie Romero & The Hub City All-Stars? They went all digital, and just in time for Christmas.

AIYEEE!
Another great record has come down the pike from upstart Valcour Records, South Louisiana’s “boutique” Cajun-roots label.

HE SAID, SHE SAID
When R. Reese Fuller elected to move from journalism to teaching — the former Independent managing editor parted ways with us in the spring of 2009 after accepting a job teaching English and American history at Episcopal School of Acadiana — Lafayette lost a savvy journalist and gifted storyteller...