Joshua Caffery, Ph.D.
Episcopal School of Acadiana
Joshua Caffery, a native of Franklin, Louisiana, is a folklorist, musician, songwriter, and producer currently living in Breaux Bridge. A founding member of the Red Stick Ramblers, and a long time member of Feufollet, Caffery was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award for his work on the album En Couleurs. He is also the producer of the acclaimed Allons Boire Un Coup, an award-winning collection of Cajun and Creole drinking songs. In 2013, LSU Press will publish Caffery’s first book, Ride les Blues, a study of the 1934 Lomax recordings in south Louisiana. His scholarly interests include textual, comparative approaches to vernacular song, particularly in Louisiana, and the representation and appropriation of orality in literary texts. He is currently the Head of the English Department at the Episcopal School of Acadiana.