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Zydeco music is typically played in an uptempo, syncopated manner with a strong rhythmic core, [3] and often incorporates elements of blues, rock and roll, soul music, R&B, Cajun, and early Creole music. Zydeco music is centered on the accordion, which leads the rest of the band, and a specialized washboard, called a vest frottoir, as a ...
Contemporary Cajun music is influenced by rock, R&B, blues, soul, and zydeco music. Although led by the accordion, the electric guitar , washboard , and keyboard are all present in this form. Musicians such as Wayne Toups , Roddie Romero and the Hub City Allstars, Lee Benoit , Damon Troy, Kevin Naquin , Trent LeJeune, and Steve Riley and the ...
The music of rural south Louisiana features significant input from non-Creoles, most notably African Americans who are critical to the cultural/musical identity. Four main musical genres are indigenous to this area — Creole music (i.e. zydeco), swamp pop, and swamp blues. These historically-rooted genres, with unique rhythms and personalities ...
Zydeco (/ ˈ z aɪ d ɪ ˌ k oʊ / ZY-dih-koh or / ˈ z aɪ d i ˌ k oʊ / ZY-dee-koh, French: Zarico) as a dance style has its roots in a form of folk dance that corresponds to the heavily syncopated zydeco music, originated in the beginning of the 20th century among the Francophone Creole peoples of Acadiana (south-west Louisiana).
Chavis made his first recording in 1955, "Paper in My Shoe", based on a song he heard performed by Creole accordionist Ambrose "Potato" Sam. [5] Chavis's version was an uptempo tune with a dance beat about being too poor to afford new shoes or socks, so he placed a paper in his shoes to keep his feet warm when the holes in the sole got too large. [12]
In 2011, the category Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album was eliminated along with thirty others due to a major overhaul by the Recording Academy. Four additional categories in the American Roots Music field were eliminated (Best Contemporary Folk Album, Best Hawaiian Music Album, Best Native American Music Album, Best Traditional Folk Album).
The slate of American Roots performances at the 2024 Savannah Music Festival kicks off on March 29 with the Bayou Boogie, a tribute to Clifton Chenier.
Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based, Cajun-influenced zydeco form, both of Acadiana origin. These French Louisiana sounds have influenced American popular music for many decades, especially country music, and have influenced pop culture through mass media, such as television commercials. It is an aural tradition ...