Creole Soul: Zydeco Lives Tapa dura -

Burt Feintuch (1949-2018) wrote about roots music, regional cultures, and music revivals in North America and abroad starting in the 1970s, along with producing documentary sound recordings. An academic and musician, he also directed the Center for the Humanities and was a professor of folklore for many years at the University of New Hampshire. He is author of Talking New Orleans Music: Crescent City Musicians Talk about Their Lives, Their Music, and Their City, published by University Press of Mississippi. Jeannie Banks Thomas is a fellow of the American Folklore Society and a professor in the Department of English and Folklore Program at Utah State University. She is author of several books on contemporary folklore, two of which won international awards. Gary Samson is an accomplished fine arts photographer and New Hampshire Artist Laureate whose work has been exhibited internationally. He chaired the Photography Department at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. He is professor emeritus of photography at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College. He is photographer for Talking New Orleans Music: Crescent City Musicians Talk about Their Lives, Their Music, and Their City, published by University Press of Mississippi.