Music
The 7th Annual Southern California Cajun & Zydeco Festival will again bring a mix of established and lesser-known Louisiana musicians to Rainbow Lagoon the weekend of June 5-6.
April 15, 1993
The seventh annual Southern California Cajun & Zydeco Festival will again bring a mix of established and lesser-known Louisiana musicians to Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach on Saturday and Sunday.
June 3, 1993
World & Nation
The president’s brother consults for a politically connected Texas company that found itself well-positioned in the import business.
Oct. 29, 2004
Blue Monday promoter Michael Kaufer has been bringing just about everybody who is anybody in zydeco music to Ventura County over the past few months.
July 25, 1991
You know you’re developing a reputation in the music industry when record companies scramble to reissue obscure, long out-of-print albums recorded back when you wore elephant bells and ornately collared, puffy-sleeved shirts.
Sept. 24, 1996
It’s always tempting to scour the horizons of any musical genre for future figureheads--especially when the old leader has stepped out of the spotlight.
May 29, 1989
Two major festivals will offer one-stop access to dozens of folk, country, Cajun, zydeco and other traditional American musicians next month.
April 13, 1993
Archives
Here’s why you should always be a pessimist: When things work out crummy, as they often do, you knew it already.
Oct. 1, 1992
Accordionist, bandleader and New Orleans music icon Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. of Buckwheat Zydeco has died.
Sept. 24, 2016
Neither rain nor gloom nor a competing music festival could keep hearty Bayouphiles from their annual appointment with Louisiana sounds and tastes at the Rainbow Lagoon outside the Long Beach Arena.
June 7, 1993