The sound of the Savoy Family Cajun Band begins with accordion, fiddle, guitar, and piano; it’s sung in Cajun French and performed by two generations of a family who joyfully live their culture. Cajun ...
Fiddle, accordion and French lyrics are still the foundation of the Ramblers’ music. “We’re definitely a Cajun band. You can’t argue with that.” But to Michot and his bandmates, traditional music is ...
In last year’s Wheeler Opera House performance, Louisiana’s Beausoleil played its Cajun fiddle music with few twists. But on “Gitane Cajun,” purportedly an homage to a trio of deceased Louisiana ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Members of the Cajun band T'Monde are young, but they like their music old. The band of 20-somethings opened the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Friday with century-old, ...
Many musicians would be just fine with earning the kind of success seen by Lost Bayou Ramblers. The Grammy-winning Cajun band melded brothers Louis and Andre Michot’s traditional music heritage with ...
“Evening on the Bayou,” featuring the Savoy Family Cajun Band, is being presented July 13 at the Garage Pub at Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co. The Savoy Family Cajun Band features Marc and Ann Savoy ...
C. A Cajun girl who, in song, danced close “to make the old ladies mad” All three answers are correct. Add to the list the title of the new album from the Lost Bayou Ramblers. Fiddler Louis Michot ...
A renowned Cajun sextet from Louisiana performed two shows in Alaska this weekend — unexpectedly, as a quintet. BeauSoleil — a two-time Grammy-winning band from Louisiana — is often known as ...
JENNINGS, La. — Registration is open for the seventh annual “Battle of the Bows” Cajun Fiddle Competition. The competition is open to all Cajun-style fiddle playing. This year’s event will be held ...
In 18 years of full-time touring, the members of BeauSoleil have visited all 50 states and many foreign countries. But in 2004, they still encountered new sights and experiences. For the first time, ...
Eleven years of touring with BeauSoleil, the two-time, Grammy-winning Cajun band, has brought Mitch Reed from the Andouille Festival in LaPlace to the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland. But in recent ...