{"id":171768,"date":"2026-02-27T18:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171768\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:13:21","slug":"analog-loving-new-orleans-americana-band-the-deslondes-plays-tampa-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171768\/","title":{"rendered":"Analog-loving New Orleans Americana band The Deslondes plays Tampa on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"532\" data-attachment-id=\"353265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/the-deslondes-photograph-by-selwyn-figg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The-Deslondes-Photograph-by-Selwyn-Figg-.jpg?fit=2048%2C1396&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1396\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;EZ Controller&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1768492311&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Deslondes band members pose for a portrait by Selwyn Figg in a rustic, wood-paneled room. The five musicians are dressed in vintage-style Americana clothing, standing and sitting together in an informal arrangement that reflects their country-soul aesthetic. Photograph by Selwyn Figg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Deslondes&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The-Deslondes-Photograph-by-Selwyn-Figg-.jpg?fit=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The-Deslondes-Photograph-by-Selwyn-Figg-.jpg?fit=780%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The-Deslondes-Photograph-by-Selwyn-Figg-.jpg\" alt=\"The Deslondes band members pose for a portrait by Selwyn Figg in a rustic, wood-paneled room. The five musicians are dressed in vintage-style Americana clothing, standing and sitting together in an informal arrangement that reflects their country-soul aesthetic.\" class=\"wp-image-353265\"  \/>The Deslondes band members pose for a portrait by Selwyn Figg in a rustic, wood-paneled room. The five musicians are dressed in vintage-style Americana clothing, standing and sitting together in an informal arrangement that reflects their country-soul aesthetic. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/55db3cf0e4b06db5067b85e7\/t\/6998794b284a2529f3150c5f\/1771600203559\/DeslondesbySelwynFigg.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Selwyn Figg \/ New West Records<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of us live in a world where the call to go analog grows louder and louder every day. Newport Folk Festival darling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deslondes.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.deslondes.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Deslondes <\/a> give that notion a signal boost on a forthcoming compilation of songs by Swamp Dogg, Shelby Lynne, Johnny Cash, Clifton Chenier, and more\u2014all recorded to tape by band members John James Tourville and Aja\u00ef Combelic.<\/p>\n<p>The rowdy New Orleans outfit arrives alongside<a href=\"https:\/\/sabinemccalla.bandcamp.com\/album\/dont-call-me-baby\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/sabinemccalla.bandcamp.com\/album\/dont-call-me-baby\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Sabine McCalla<\/a>, whose November 2025 album Don\u2019t Call Me Baby criminally flew under the radar of critics too busy compiling year-end best-of lists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772216001_957_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/feb-26-mar-04-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feb. 26 \u2013 Mar. 04, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Deslondes band members pose for a portrait by Selwyn Figg in a rustic, wood-paneled room. 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