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    Norteño or norteña (Spanish pronunciation: [noɾˈteɲo], northern), also música norteña, is a subgenre of regional Mexican music. The music is most often...
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  • Progressive bluegrass/Nu-grass Bluegrass gospel Blue Yodeling Bro-country Cajun Cajun fiddle Canadian country Franco-country Christian country Classic country...
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    Bernard and issued many recordings on labels owned by Huey P. Meaux, a Cajun who specialized in swamp pop. As music writer John Broven observed, "Although...
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    Joe Falcon (category Cajun accordionists)
    recording of a Cajun song, "Allons à Lafayette," in 1928. He and his wife Cléoma Breaux left for New Orleans to record the first Cajun record and went...
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    R&B hits, 1800s traditional old-time music, and rare local swamp pop and Cajun folk songs typical of Louisiana. His parents were extremely supportive of...
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  • Kyren Lacy, 24, American football player (LSU Tigers, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns), suicide by gunshot. Kumudini Lakhia, 94, Indian Kathak dancer. Julian...
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  • guitar accents". Billboard said that "Knopfler and friends bob out to a cajun/zydeco track that might have sounded weird if Rockin' Sidney hadn't broken...
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  • rock-&-roll oldies while on the road. The track, which features a prominent Cajun fiddle contribution by Ricky Skaggs, was recorded in an August 10, 1976...
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  • American music, including Hawaiian, Native American, polka, zydeco and Cajun music genres. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony...
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    interchangeably or along with bagpipes. It is mostly used in Occitan, Aragonese, Cajun French, Asturian, Cantabrian, Galician, Hungarian, and Slavic folk music...
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    The New Mexico music genre (Spanish: música nuevo mexicana) is a genre of music that originated in the US state of New Mexico. It derives from Pueblo music...
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    also make use of the instrument. Additionally, the accordion is used in cajun, zydeco, jazz, and klezmer music, and in both solo and orchestral performances...
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    Surprises, featuring on three tracks, "Violet Don't Be Blue", JJ Cale's "Cajun Moon", and "Easter Rising". In 1978, she contributed background vocals on...
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    and styles. During this time, the United States grew to incorporate the Cajun and Creole music of Louisiana, the Polynesian music of Hawaii and Tex-Mex...
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  • (2005–2011) Best Native American Music Album (2001–2011) Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album (2008–2011) Global Music Best Traditional World Music Album...
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  • Ionatos, Nino de San Andres y sus Flamenco Orkestra, Rocking Dopsie & The Cajun Twisters. Cromlech, Samboa, Paula Lockheart, Le Quator, André Bialek, Queen...
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  • Louisiana Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – Baton Rouge Cajun Music Hall of Fame, dedicated to Cajun music – Eunice Delta Music Museum – Ferriday Rebel State...
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    called conjunto. To some extent an American version of accordion-led Mexican música norteña, conjunto was popular throughout Mexican communities in Texas. Bice'waan...
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    Nominees for Spanish-language Music's Highest Honors Premio Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina". Univision. March 27, 1996. Archived from the original on December...
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  • Texas and Raymondville, Texas. In 1937, he would expand his music into Cajun and polka, issuing records under the pseudonyms "Louisiana Pete" and "Polish...
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  • Music: A Journey from R&B to Zydeco, Jazz to Country, Blues to Gospel, Cajun Music... (2002), Da Capo Press, page 271 - ISBN 0-306-81003-4 "Gold & Platinum...
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    Otto Rathke 1922 "Adeste Fideles" Associated Glee Clubs of America 1925 Cajun-Creole Columbia releases Amédé Ardoin and Dennis McGee 1929 "Goodnight,...
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    Barry Jean Ancelet (1989). Capitaine, voyage ton flag : The Traditional Cajun Country Mardi Gras. Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern...
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  • regional American music forms, such as Hawaiian, Native American, and Zydeco/Cajun music. A consistently low number of entries in these categories led the...
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  • mandolin and accordion-led Latin percussion on the title track create a Cajun sound. Among the ballads on the album, "From This Moment On" combines country...
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    felt the Beatles' songs shared a common ground with traditional two-step Cajun music. He called Sahm and asked him to write songs based on that style,...
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    cornrowers, Kmhmu craftsmen, Seneca basket makers, Appalachian balladry, Cajun music, cowboy music, song, and poetry, Irish music, Mayan marimba music...
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  • promotes self-esteem; Sylvia Patterson from NME classified its genre as "cajun-R&B-yodel-pop". A string of ballads subsequently appears, including a "slow...
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  • Veteran classical singer Prabha Atre passes away at 91 in Pune Louisiana Cajun and Country Legend Jo-El Sonnier Passes Away After Show in Texas Nie żyje...
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  • Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album From Now On Michael Doucet Nominated 2008 Best Regional Mexican Album Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas: Música Ranchera Nati Cano's...
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