Paper In My Shoe

Featuring performances by Kara Jackson and Rosie Ledet

“Paper in My Shoe” is Zydeco’s homecoming—a night where the Eldorado Ballroom honors the foundational contributions of Black musicians to Zydeco, Folk, and guitar-driven music. Rooted in Houston’s rich musical lineage, the evening connects the rustic spirit of Southern Americana to the voices continuing to shape and modernize the genre today.

Black artists have long used oral storytelling as a vessel for memory and resistance. The poetic narratives and resonant string work that define alt-country, folk, and Zydeco are deeply familiar—a soundscape carved from the heart of the Black American South.

Framed by themes of Folk and Feminism, “Paper in My Shoe” features powerful performances from folk musician, singer, and poet Kara Jackson, and renowned Zydeco accordionist and vocalist Rosie Ledet. Both artists wield language with raw honesty, using lyrics that provoke, comfort, and reveal.

Jackson’s “Dickhead Blues” mourns the ache of love with a slow-burning sorrow that ultimately leads to self-affirmation. Ledet’s “You Can Eat My Poussiere” is a bold, sultry anthem—laced with wit and double entendre—that calls out a lover’s absence with sass and swagger. Together, their voices echo generations of storytelling, grounding the evening in truth, tension, and joy.