When Leroy Etienne, a resident of Lafayette, LA, attended school in the 1950s, the teachers advised him not to speak “French” in school. Just as American English might sound odd to a British speaker, ...
An accomplished musician equally at home with blues, zydeco and a spectrum of African and Caribbean styles, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes comes to Bates College to explore the music of the African Diaspora in ...
Sunpie Barnes and the Louisiana Sunspots at the Chouest Family Kids' Tent during Sunday's Jazz Fest. Think parents can't party? Sunpie Barnes and the Louisiana Sunspots proved moms and dads can move ...
This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with University of New Orleans anthropologist Rachel Breunlin and musician Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, co-authors of “Le Ker Creole (The Creole Heart): Creole ...
Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes kicked off his 20th consecutive appearance at the New Orleans Jazz Fest on Saturday with a rocking harmonica lick. View full sizeThe Times-Picayune ArchiveSunpie Barnes And, he ...
Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes speaks about what makes New Orleans music unique. Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes speaks about what makes New Orleans music unique, how they have learned from their roots, and why they are ...
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In celebration of Father's Day, June 16, 2024, we put the spotlight on three of New Orleans well-known musical dads—trombonist Corey Henry, trumpeter and vocalist Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown and ...
NEW ORLEANS—In the early 1780s, Juan Maló escaped from a plantation fifty miles upriver from New Orleans. Spain had acquired the colony from France two decades earlier, and Spanish authorities ...
When Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes arrived in New Orleans almost 20 years ago, he felt an uncanny recognition when he heard people speaking Creole French. “I picked it up right away,” Barnes said. “When I was ...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes one of our most versatile musicians, mastering the harmonica, the accordion and the occasional turn on the washboard. But as we found out, “Sunpie” has ...
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