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    Cajun music (French: Musique cadienne), an emblematic music of Louisiana played by the Cajuns, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians...
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    Cajun music has its roots based in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada, and in country music. The first form of traditional cajun music...
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    button accordion Piano accordion Cajun French Music Association List of people related to Cajun music History of Cajun music Fiddle Albert Valdman; Kevin...
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  • This is a list of notable Cajun musicians, Cajun music instrument makers, Cajun music folklorists, Cajun music historians, and Cajun music activists. This...
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    found in the US state of Louisiana and surrounding Gulf Coast states. While Cajuns are usually described as the descendants of the Acadian exiles who...
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    Cajun cuisine (French: cuisine cadienne [kɥi.zin ka.dʒɛn], Spanish: cocina cadiense) is a subset of Louisiana cooking developed by the Cajuns, itself...
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  • 1976), Cajun music historian; Dean of Davenport College at Yale University since 2011. Andrew Jolivette (born 1975), Sociologist, author, Professor of American...
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    Acadiana (redirect from Cajun Country)
    Cajun Country (Louisiana French: Pays des Cadiens), is the official name given to the French Louisiana region that has historically contained much of...
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    Cajun fiddle music is a part of the American fiddle music canon. It is derived from the music of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, as well as sharing...
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    Cajun English, or Cajun Vernacular English, is a dialect of American English derived from Cajuns living in Southern Louisiana. Cajun English is significantly...
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  • Ryan Brasseaux (category Cajun people)
    Davenport College at Yale University since 2011. He is an expert on the history of Cajun music, and a frequent collaborator with the 2-time Grammy Award-winning...
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  • The Cajun French Music Association is an association dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Cajun music and culture. The Cajun French Music Association...
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    Wayne Toups (redirect from ZyDeCajun)
    and on the Super Bowl XXIV telecast. History of Cajun Music List of Notable People Related to Cajun Music Cajun accordion "Wayne Toups Is Back To His...
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    Tejano. Artists of this era include Esteban Jordan, Tony de la Rosa and El Conjunto Bernal. The 1940s saw a return to the roots of Cajun music, led by Iry...
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    BeauSoleil (category Cajun musicians)
    and became one of the most well-known bands performing traditional and original music rooted in the folk tunes of the Cajuns and Creoles of Louisiana. In...
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  • game music Chiptune Bitpop Skweee Nintendocore FM synthesis Sequencer music American folk revival Americana Anti-folk British folk revival Cajun music Celtic...
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    traditional language for singing music now referred to as Cajun, zydeco, and Louisiana French rock. As of today, Old French music, Creole stomp, and Louisiana...
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  • Jazz (redirect from Jazz Music History)
    Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its...
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    Marc Savoy (category Cajun accordionists)
    A Taste Of Cajun And Creole Cooking. Directed by Les Blank. [3] 1991 - Marc & Ann. Directed by Les Blank.[4] History of Cajun music List of people related...
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    Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys (category Cajun accordionists)
    Various artists (2002) Vanguard Records History of Cajun Music List of Notable People Related to Cajun Music "LSUE Website on Steve Riley and the Mamou...
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    Zydeco (redirect from Zydeco music)
    rock and roll, soul music, R&B, Cajun, and early Creole music. Zydeco music is centered on the accordion, which leads the rest of the band, and a specialized...
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    Lost Bayou Ramblers (category Cajun musicians)
    a Cajun music band from Pilette, Louisiana. Lost Bayou Ramblers was born deep in South Louisiana performing old style, predominantly acoustic Cajun music...
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    who, along with her husband Joe Falcon, recorded one of the first known examples of Cajun music. The recording, "Allons à Lafayette" was released in 1928...
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    Michael Doucet (category Cajun fiddlers)
    founder of the Cajun band BeauSoleil. Doucet was born in Scott, Louisiana, to a Cajun family. Family parties in the 1950s always included "French music." Two...
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  • Harry Choates (category Cajun fiddlers)
    17, 1951) was an American Cajun music fiddler known as the "Fiddle King of Cajun Swing" and the "Godfather of Cajun music." The scholar Barry Jean Ancelet...
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    The Balfa Brothers (category Cajun fiddlers)
    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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    (Cajun French pronunciation: [kuɾiɾ d maɾdi ɡɾa], French pronunciation: [kuʁiʁ də maʁdi ɡʁa]) is a traditional Mardi Gras event held in many Cajun and...
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    is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Melodica Accordion Button accordion Cajun accordion...
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    Amédé Ardoin (category Cajun accordionists)
    Louisiana music scholars with laying the groundwork in the early 20th century for both Creole and Cajun music. He wrote several songs now regarded as Cajun and...
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    Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous (Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican, 1983) p. 252, ISBN 0-88289-608-3 Bernard, Shane K.,The Cajuns: Americanization of a People...
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