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State Instrument Image Date & Citation Arkansas: Fiddle: 1985 [1] Hawaii: Ukulele (ʻauana/contemporary musical instrument) 2015 [2] Pahu (kahiko/traditional musical instrument) Kentucky: Appalachian dulcimer: 2001 [3] "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ (theater pipe organ) 2005 [4] Louisiana: Cajun accordion: 1990 [5] Missouri: Fiddle: 1987 [6] New ...
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.
Cajun music (French: Musique cadienne), an emblematic music of Louisiana played by the Cajuns, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Although they are two separate genres, Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based zydeco music. Both are from southwest Louisiana and share French and African ...
It was also often just called French music or le musique Creole known as "la-la." Amédé Ardoin, the second and most influential musician of the region to record the Creole music of southwest Louisiana, made his first recordings in 1929. [13] This Creole music served as a foundation for what later became known as zydeco.
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 ...
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The term Creole music (French: musique créole) is used to refer to two distinct musical traditions: art songs adapted from 19th-century vernacular music; or the vernacular traditions of Louisiana Creole people which have persisted as 20th- and 21st-century la la and zydeco in addition to influencing Cajun music.