The Balfa Brothers (or Les Frères Balfa) were an American cajun music ensemble. Its members were five brothers; Dewey on fiddle, Will on fiddle, Rodney...
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War II, Balfa worked in a shipyard in Orange, Texas. After returning in 1948, he and his brothers Will and Rodney formed the Musical Brothers. In 1965...
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Dewey Balfa. Balfa created the Cajun band Balfa Toujours in 1992; and her husband, Dirk Powell, was a long time member of the group. Christine Balfa is a...
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Perfect Records (category Defunct record labels of the United States)
Feathers, Junior Kimbrough, The Balfa Brothers, and John Fahey. List of record labels Rye, Howard (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of...
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Ardoin Lawrence Ardoin Morris Ardoin Lynn August Bad Weather Dewey Balfa & The Balfa Brothers Beau Jocque & Zydeco High Rollers Beau Michael BeauSoleil Big...
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Dewey Balfa and the Balfa Brothers, Nathan Abshire, Jambalaya Cajun Band, Paul Daigle & Cajun Gold, D.L. Menard, and many more, plus recordings by the Cajun...
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potatoes and cracklins. — The Song of Mardi Gras, in English A version of the song by the Balfa Brothers was included in the 1992 film Passion Fish. Many...
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As of September 2019, the following artists were signed to Rounder Records. The following is an incomplete list of artists who have released records on...
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Capitain "J'étais aul bal" – The Balfa Brothers (before 1974) – 1 More 2 Step, Vive le Capitain "Jole Blonde" – Breaux Brothers (1929) – 1 More 2 Step, Vive...
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Theiapolis Cinema “Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys: Tit Galop Pour Mamou,” Amazon.com "Dewey Balfa & the Balfa Brothers - Play Traditional Cajun Music...
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Nathan Abshire (redirect from Nathan Abshire and the Pinegrove Boys)
Swallow Records and Arhoolie Records during the 1960s. He appeared with Dewey Balfa and The Balfa Brothers at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964. Abshire's...
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List of songs about New Orleans (category Pages using the JsonConfig extension)
by Charmaine Neville "La Chanson De Les Mardi Gras: by Dewey Balfa & The Balfa Brothers "La Chanson De Mardi Gras" by Anúna "La Chanson De Mardi Gras"...
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words. The music was essential for small get-togethers on the front porch, bals de maison, and public dances in dance halls called fais do-dos. Balfa Brothers...
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accordion Aldus Roger and the Lafayette Playboys Lawrence Walker and the Wandering Aces Balfa Brothers, fiddlers and guitarists Dewey Balfa, fiddle BeauSoleil...
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Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943) Svend Asmussen Chet Baker Duck Baker The Balfa Brothers Chris Barber Count Basie Chu Berry (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 Immortal...
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be known as Festivals Acadiens. When bands like the Balfa Brothers, Octa Clark and Hector Duhon, and the black Creole band Bois-Sec Ardoin and Canray began...
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Renard Et La Belette" by Balfa Brothers "J'ai vû le loup", on La Roque and Roll: Popular Music of Renaissance France by The Baltimore Consort Michel Vernus...
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General, Confederate States Army during the American Civil War Balfa Brothers, a cajun music band. Dewey Balfa (1927-1992), on fiddle. Vin Bruce (1932-2018)...
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After joining the Blasters, Alvin came up with the melody, thinking "this would be a great Cajun Balfa Brothers kind of song, and then if you put it to a Chuck...
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the actual score re-voices the song into her type of music. Zeitlin gave him the song "The Balfa Waltz" ("Off the Wall/Valse de Balfa") where the song...
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List of deaths in rock and roll (1990s) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters...
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written by Stephen Foster, two songs by Wade Hemsworth, one song by The Balfa Brothers, one traditional French song, one song that Kate McGarrigle wrote...
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daddy to daughter or momma to daughter. Balfa, Dewey; Tracey Schwarz (1982). "Cajun Fiddle Old and New with Dewy Balfa" (PDF). Folkway Records. OCLC 51479374...
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the Hot Club of Cowtown Buddy and Julie Miller Millish Melvin Mosley and The Spirit of Memphis Mountain Heart Rhythm In Shoes April Verch 2001 Balfa Toujours...
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Wadali Brothers Warsi Brothers ALT Altan Mary Black Luka Bloom The Bothy Band Paul Brady Kevin Burke Karan Casey The Chieftains The Clancy Brothers Liam...
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performs the song in the film. Other performers on the album include Terrance Simien, BeauSoleil, Buckwheat Zydeco, Dewey Balfa, Aaron Neville and The Neville...
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light tone on the violin. Dewey Balfa admired his smooth bowing and his ability to play the higher register. Conner has been featured at the Tribute to Cajun...
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Sang Sapurba (section The Covenant)
Leaves of the Same Tree: Trade and Ethnicity in the Straits of Melaka, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-3189-9 Brakel, L. F; Balfas, M.; M. Taib...
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Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (category Articles with quotation marks in the title)
Fontenot's death in 1995, Ardoin performed with Christine Balfa, Dirk Powel and their band Balfa Toujours, recording an album, Allons Danser, with them in...
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'Dewi', it is also used as a nickname. Notable people with the name include: Dewey Balfa (1927–1992), American musician Dewey Bartlett (1919–1979), American...
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