The sizzle of zydeco and twanging sway of Cajun music emanate from Southwestern Louisiana's Acadiana, named for French settlers exiled from L'Acadie (now Nova Scotia, Canada) by the British in 1755.

Keith Spera, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Dec 27, 2009 Dec 27, 2009Updated Jun 25, 2019 1 min to read ...

The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music, often sung in French, is enjoying a renaissance.

Cajun music — and its cousin from across the way, Zydeco, resists easy description. But it is intoxicatingly catchy, often sung in French, and enjoying a most unlikely renaissance.

“Cajun music is beautiful, you know and really like, that’s part of it, you know, learning to dance to Cajun music,” Belcher said. Dancers learned the basics of the Zydeco Two-Step, the Cajun ...

Every Friday and Saturday, beginning July 9, the Foundation will host free outdoor performances made for dancing at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center, 1225 N. Rampart Street. Doors will ...

5:45-7pm Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet This year, the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival will include the addition of a free concert on Friday, March 27. Made for dancing, the event will take place at ...

It’s a rich fusion of various musical styles, including: Louisiana French accordion music, Afro-Caribbean beats and song forms, African-American blues and rhythm and blues, and Cajun music.

Whether you're looking to master the two-step or just give Cajun dancing a try, Cal and Lou Courville will be teaching under the Breaux Bridge Tent from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. on Friday, and 4:15 to 5: ...

It's similar to Cajun music in the way that it was inspired by it, and it's typically dancing, fun music, but it also draws on Blues standards and produces complex songs like "I'm Coming Home." ...

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