Category: stuff & things

I’ve been debating for weeks whether or not to share this. This could easily be filed under the “Look How Cute My Kid Is” category, which most parents fall victim to — myself included. But I’ve thought about this at the oddest moments ever since it first happened, which tells me there’s something to it…

Thanks to everyone who pitched in to help out Gumbo Radio. Within a month, we not only reached the goal of the crowdsourcing campaign, we surpassed it by over 50%. That’s going to allow me to replace the hardware, beef up the audio quality, and redesign the entire website. There’s still more work to be…

I’ve started a crowdfunding campaign at indiegogo.com/gumboradio. Let’s raise some funds to get Gumbo Radio‘s live broadcast of Louisiana’s music back up and running. Check out the video below for more details.

Louisiana Cultural Vistas reprinted “The Record Man,” one of the pieces from Angola to Zydeco, in its summer edition. Check it out. It’s a beautiful 10-page spread. And strangely enough, two years ago, LCV published a piece about Louisiana fiddlers by Ron Yule which featured my grandfather, Roy “Peanut” Conn. Look for the article on…