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A Cajun dancer will cover the dance floor while the zydeco dancer will primarily dance in a smaller area. Cajun music can be found predominantly at Louisiana festivals and dance halls, in addition to weddings in Acadiana. Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, 2015. In 1968, CODOFIL (the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana) was created ...
Dewey Balfa (March 20, 1927 – June 17, 1992) was an American Cajun fiddler and singer who contributed significantly to the popularity of Cajun music. Balfa was born near Mamou, Louisiana . He is perhaps best known for his 1964 performance at the Newport Folk Festival with Gladius Thibodeaux and Vinus LeJeune, where the group received an ...
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys are an American Cajun band from southern Louisiana. [1] The band formed in 1988 and has since recorded 10 albums, nine of which are on Rounder Records . The band includes Steve Riley ( accordion , b. 1969), David Greely ( fiddle ), Sam Broussard ( guitar ), Burke Riley (drums/guitar) and Philippe Billeaudeaux ...
Fred's Lounge is a music venue and bar located in Mamou, Louisiana, the "Cajun Music Capital of the World." Fred's Lounge is an important part of Cajun musical history [1] and Cajun French history. [2] [3] The bar is only open on Saturday mornings, except during Mardi Gras, when it is open for the rest of the week. [4]
Mamou is located in south-central Evangeline Parish at (30.634033, −92.418913 Louisiana Highway 13 follows the western border of the town, leading north 3 miles (5 km) to Reddell and south 10 miles (16 km) to Eunice.
The band is known for playing traditional Cajun and Creole music from Southwest Louisiana, inspired by bands dating from the 1920s such as Amédé Ardoin to modern bands such as the Mamou Playboys, Jason Frey, Paul Daigle and Cajun Gold all the way up to Wayne Toups. The Pine Leaf Boys are an "international Cajun band," performing many shows ...
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 ...
2009 Cajun Roosters, Germany/United Kingdom (1st runner up) "Double Shot" 2009: Cajun Roosters3, Germany/United Kingdom (2nd runner up) "From the swamps and bayous of Louisiana" 2007: Cajun Roosters, Germany/United Kingdom (1st runner up) "Crank it up" 2006-2007 Cajun Strangers, Madison Wis (winner) "Valse a Deux Temps"