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Chubby Carrier Kicks Off Sugar Jam Tonight at Sugar Mill Pond

Jude Walker — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:00:22 +0000

Grammy Award winner Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band kick-off the 2013 Sugar Jam concert series at Sugar Mill Pond tonight. Activities roll from 6pm-9pm. This family-friendly event will include a fun jump for the kids while you dance to the beat of one of the world’s premier zydeco showman. Keep your food and [...]

Grammy Awards No Longer To Recognize Cajun/Zydeco Award

Bruce Mikells — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:51:30 +0000

The Grammy awards are supposed to be about music, all music. I think they have become more about a seriously dull television show over the past few years. The announcement that Cajun/Zydeco and several other regional and real American music genres would no longer be recognized by the alleged music industry makes me very angry and hurts my soul. It was bad enough the Grammys didn't see fit to share winners in the Cajun/Zydeco category with a national TV audience before but to now basically say we don't want your kind at our party, for shame. Our friends at KATC visited with some of our local Grammy winners and got their take on the whole story.

Chubby Carrier Gets Grammy Nod

Jude Walker — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:02:56 +0000

Congrats to Chubby Carrier and his Bayou Swamp Band, winners of this year’s Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album at the Grammy Awards! His latest effort is entitled “Zydeco Junkie” and it features special guests Jamie Bergeron and Geno Delafose. Carrier becomes the fourth winner in the four-year-old zydeco/Cajun Grammy category, following in the footsteps [...]