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Cajun music can be found predominantly at Louisiana festivals and dance halls, in addition to weddings in Acadiana. Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, 2015. In 1968, CODOFIL (the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana) was created.
The first form of traditional cajun music began before the 20th century in south Louisiana. When the Acadians came from New Brunswick & Nova Scotia to Louisiana in 1764, they brought with them many beautiful ballads that told stories of bygone years. Many of these songs can be traced back to France and many songs from France drifted to the ...
Music of Louisiana. The music of Louisiana can be divided into three general regions: rural south Louisiana, home to Creole Zydeco and Old French (now known as cajun music), New Orleans, and north Louisiana. The region in and around Greater New Orleans has a unique musical heritage tied to Dixieland jazz, blues, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
Traditional Cajun. [] Amédé Ardoin, accordion [ 1 ] Bois Sec Ardoin. Breaux Brothers, accordion, fiddle, guitar trio [ 2 ][ 3 ] Cléoma Breaux, guitar [ 4 ] Sady Courville, fiddle [ 5 ] Joe Falcon, accordion [ 4 ] Canray Fontenot, fiddle.
t. e. New Orleans Cajun-Zydeco Fest, 2019. Zydeco (/ ˈzaɪdɪˌkoʊ, - diː -/ ZY-dih-koh, -dee-; French: zarico) is a music genre that was created in rural Southwest Louisiana by Afro-Americans of Creole heritage. It blends blues and rhythm and blues with music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles, such as la la and juré.
Mamouplayboys.com. Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys are an American Cajun band from southern Louisiana. [1] The band formed in 1988 and has since recorded 10 albums, nine of which are on Rounder Records. The band includes Steve Riley (accordion, b. 1969), David Greely (fiddle), Sam Broussard (guitar), Burke Riley (drums/guitar) and Philippe ...
Ben Sandmel. The Hackberry Ramblers (also known as the Riverside Ramblers) is a Grammy Award -nominated Cajun music band based in Hackberry, Louisiana and formed in 1933. Since its heyday in the late 1930s it has become one of the most recognized names and influential groups in Cajun music. The group, which continues to tour and perform, has ...
Founded in 1975, BeauSoleil (often billed as "BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet") released its first album in 1977 and became one of the most well-known bands performing traditional and original music rooted in the folk tunes of the Cajuns and Creoles of Louisiana. [ 2 ][ 1 ] In early years they appeared at CODOFIL 's annual "Tribute to Cajun ...