Marie-Isabelle Pautz

Marie-Isabelle Pautz

Marie-Isabelle Pautz Marie-Isabelle Evangeline Pautz is a second-generation culture bearer. She grew up immersed in Louisiana French, bartering economies, and folkways with her grandparents, who lived across the street from her. Since 2002, Marie-Isabelle has led programs and initiatives at EarthShare Gardens, Lafayette Hurricane Survivors Coalition, Center for Restorative Approaches,…
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Gregg Griffin

Gregg Griffin

Gregg Griffin Gregg Griffin, Jr. is a Talented and Gifted Music Instructor in the Vermilion Parish School System with nearly 20 years of experience as a music educator, performer, and cultural advocate. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Northwestern State University and a Master’s degree in Music…
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Kylie Griffin

Kylie Griffin

Kylie Griffin Kylie Griffin is a dedicated music educator and native of Erath, Louisiana. She served 13 years teaching music at Dozier Elementary School where she was nominated teacher of the year, and her bands have received superior ratings at both the district and state levels. Recently, Kylie was named…
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Dusky Waters

Dusky Waters

Dusky Waters Dusky Waters is the nom de plume for contemporary Americana songwriter/musician Jenn Jeffers. Dusky Waters is an expression of her affinity for the magic of twilight hours and the presence of the Mississippi River that has anchored her life from her childhood on the banks of its tributary…
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Gabe Parsons

Gabe Parsons

Gabe Parsons Gabe Parsons hails from Hopewell Valley in Central New Jersey. or to hear him describe it; he’s from The Heartland; it’s not a place, but rather a state of mind represented sonically in his music. Home plays a large role in the narrative that Parsons weaves in songs…
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Sariyah Idan

Sariyah Idan

Sariyah Idan Sariyah Idan is a New York bred and New Orleans based independent singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, dancer, and educator. Jazz and folk trained, hip-hop educated, and influenced by both Latinx/Caribbean sounds and her Jewish roots, she is praised for her "ability to seamlessly combine a wide variety of disparate…
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Lilli Lewis

Lilli Lewis

Lilli Lewis As the story goes, Lilli Lewis should never have been. Before she was born, Lewis’ mother was told her baby probably wouldn’t survive due to lung trouble, so the fact that Lewis now makes a living singing with those same lungs is a gift she never takes for…
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