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The unaccompanied ballad was the earliest form of Cajun music. The narrative songs often had passionate themes of death, solitude or ill-fated love — a reaction to their harsh exile and rough frontier experience, as well as celebrations of love and humorous tales. Ballads were ritually sung at weddings and funerals, and sung informally for small groups of people at house parties as the food cooked and young children played. [Source: Wikipedia.org Cajun Music]

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Fais-do-do - Cajun and Zydeco Music is dance music - it could be fast or slow, a two-step, waltz, shuffle or fast boogie. Zydeco is probably the only musical genre that can make the blues sound happy - or, if not exactly happy, at least ready to party. Even though Cajun and Zydeco styles have some similarities, they are each quite unique ...
  • Cajun Music - Cajun music has its roots in early Acadian (Nova Scotia), French, Creole, and Anglo-Saxon folk songs. Many Acadians arrived in Louisiana in the mid-1700's, settling in New Orleans and the surrounding prairies, marshes and bayous. Troubles and hard times were frequent themes in the early ballads and lullabies and were often hummed or sung a cappella. Later, simple instrumentation was added in the form of violins, German accordian and home-made rhythm instruments like the triangle ( 'tit fer). The Acadians brought with them the influences of Native Americans and the Scots-Irish; and the Cajun repertoire includes jigs, reels, and contradances. The Cajuns recognized a good thing, and in Louisiana, they absorbed more music and culture from the Spanish, Germans and Caribbeans. Discover more about the Cajun Culture.

  • Zydeco Music - Zydeco is actually the most modern form of Creole music from Acadiana, first appearing shortly after World War II. Zydeco is a popular accordion-based musical genre originating from southern Louisiana and is the music of south Louisiana’s Creoles. According to the Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture, the Creoles borrowed many of zydeco’s defining elements from Cajun music. Recognizing a good thing, the Cajuns also adapted musical influences of the Creoles. Zydeco now incorporates pop music sources like the blues, soul, disco, rap, and even reggae, using modern instrumentation that includes drums, electric and steel guitars, saxaphones, horns and keybords. Many songs are in English as well as French and Creole patois.

  • Swamp Pop - Louisiana gumbo of rock, country, blues, pop, and Cajun.


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The Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum

The Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum is a project of the Cajun French Music Association. It was made possible through thousands of hours of volunteer labor by CFMA members from many towns and cities and through support from donations also raised by volunteers.

CFMA members choose the musicians and other persons who made significant contributions to Cajun music for inclusion in the Hall of Fame. Their photographs hang on the walls of the museum along with biographical sketches of their lives.

The museum has added a display of Joe Falcon and his first wife, Cléoma Falcon, who together made the first commercial recording of Cajun music in 1928. [read more...]
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