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This is a list of notable Cajun musicians, Cajun ... Iry LeJeune: Wailing the Blues Cajun Style, Natchitoches, LA: Northwestern State University of Louisiana Press ...
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 ...
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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Cajun: Louisiane 1928-1939 (Frémaux & Associés FA 019, 1994) [8] Cajun Vol. 1 - Abbeville Breakdown: 1929-1939 (CK 46220 Columbia Records, 1990) Cajun: Early Recordings (JSP7726 JSP, 2004) Cajun - Rare & Authentic (JSPCD77115 JSP, 2008) Anthology of American Folk Music (FP 252, Folkways Records, 1952, 1997) [9]
Harry Henry Choates (December 26, 1922 – July 17, 1951) was an American Cajun music fiddler known as the "Fiddle King of Cajun Swing" [2] and the "Godfather of Cajun music." [ 3 ] The scholar Barry Jean Ancelet called Choates "undoubtedly the most popular Cajun musician of his day."
The return of the accordion contrasted with the popular Cajun recorded output of the late 1930s and 1940s, a time during which fiddles and Western Swing sounds from Texas were influencing Cajun music. The return of the accordion to prominence is referred to as a Cajun music renaissance, i.e. a return to the roots and rebirth in Cajun pride in ...
Amédé Ardoin (March 11, 1898 – November 3, 1942) [2] was an American musician, known for his high singing voice and virtuosity on German-made one-row diatonic button accordions. [3] He is credited by Louisiana music scholars with laying the groundwork in the early 20th century for both Creole and Cajun music. [4]