Along
with all things Louisiana ,
Cajun identity made a comeback in the 1980s. Descended from French-Indian
deportees to the bayou in colonial times, the Cajuns speak a French dialect and
make music with its own distinct cadence. The youthful band Feufollet is the
latest manifestation of the Cajun revival, putting their traditions into an
alternative context—more alt country than alt rock, despite the use of such
un-country instruments as the melotron. Fiddler Chris Segura works at the
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore and knows the lay of the land, unearthing
old tunes and arranging them around a country rock beat not unlike CCR or the Austin outlaws of old.

Remember when bands cared about albums as an art form? Instead of
slapping together a dozen tracks because, hey, they'll just end up on
everyone's iPod shuffle anyway, musicians considered how their songs
might congeal as a whole or form some sort of dram
Elvis Costello's frequent collaborator T-Bone Burnett produced Secret, Profane & Sugarcane,
an Americana-inflected album working with country and folk traditions
for images of sawdust floors set to mandolin and fiddle. Costello
intended one s
You wouldn’t expect to find T-bone and sirloin dinners at a place with stool seating and a location next to a shop hawking cell phones and cigarettes. But one of the city’s most evocatively named eateries, ZaZa Steak & Lemonade (4919 W. Capito
The enduring fantasy of older men is that a gorgeous
young woman will fall in love with them, find them sexually arousing
and long to imbibe their wisdom while sitting at their feet. That
fantasy is the spring driving Woody Allen's often-hilarious f
Away We Go, a droll comedy-cum-drama by director Sam Mendes (American Beauty),
perceptively explores the lives of more-or-less ordinary 30-somethings
lost in a world without much meaning. Verona (Maya Rudolph) and Bu


