What happens when you set a bunch of musicians loose in the world’s largest archive of Cajun and Creole music and folklife recordings?
You get moments when Louisiana music history becomes something new — like getting to see Nathan Williams’ family (of Nathan Williams and the Zydeco Cha Chas) re-record a song originally written by Williams’s uncle, Creole blues musician Harry Hyppolite.
The filmmakers behind Louisiana music documentary “Roots of Fire” are premiering a new project this fall called “Dry Bones” — a documentary series that follows musicians from Louisiana, Canada, the United States and Europe as they uncover gems from the Cajun and Creole Folklore Archives at UL Lafayette’s Center for Louisiana Studies…