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This is a list of notable Cajun musicians, Cajun music ... Iry LeJeune: Wailing the Blues Cajun Style, Natchitoches, LA: Northwestern State University of Louisiana ...
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.
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Balfa Brothers, a cajun music band. Dewey Balfa (1927-1992), on fiddle. Vin Bruce (1932-2018), singer-songwriter. Born in Cut Off, Louisiana. Was one of the first Cajun musicians to appear on the Louisiana Hayride and Grand Ole Opry. Was known as "the King of Cajun Singers" Also, known for 1961 Jole Blon and 1979 Cajun Country songs.
When bands like the Balfa Brothers, Octa Clark and Hector Duhon, and the black Creole band Bois-Sec Ardoin and Canray began to appear and perform at prestigious national folk festivals like the Newport Folk Festival, the University of Chicago Folk Festival, and the National Folklife Festival, they inspired renewed interest in Louisiana in Cajun ...
1991 Cajun Conja ; 1991 Déjá Vu (Swallow) 1993 La Danse de la Vie (Forward) 1994 Cajun & Creole Music (Music of the World) 1994 L' Echo (Rhino/Forward) 1995 Vintage Beausoleil (Music of the World) 1997 L' Amour Ou la Folie (Rhino) 1997 Arc de Triomphe Two-Step (Hemisphere) - recording of 1976; 2001 Looking Back Tomorrow: Beausoleil Live! (Rhino)
Choates is known as the "Parrain de la musique cajun" ("Godfather of Cajun music") mainly because of his introduction of vocal wailing throughout his music. [3] In 2014, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Harry Choates' version of " Jole Blon " number 99 in its list of the 100 greatest country songs.
BeauSoleil plays an eclectic combination of traditional Cajun music, blues, country, jazz, and zydeco. Doucet has been a member of a more traditional Cajun band, the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band with Ann Savoy and Marc Savoy, and Fiddlers 4 with Darol Anger, Rushad Eggleston, and Bruce Molsky. He began teaching in 1977 at the University of ...