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On the Web
- Cajun Radio and Zydeco Radio Guide - A comprehensive guide to Cajun and Zydeco radio programs in the United States. Also featuring a link guide to Cajun and Zydeco culture, genealogy, festivals, regional dance newsletters, bands, dance instructors and music.
- Bigfoot Cajun and Zydeco Dancers - Teaching beginners' Cajun and Zydeco dance for parks and recreation departments and clubs. Includes a comprehensive calendar for all Seattle-area Cajun and Zydeco dance events.
- Zydeco - Account of the popular accordion-based genre from south Louisiana, the music of the area s Creoles of Color; explores the relationship with Cajun music. [From the Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture]
- Cajun Zydeco Web Resources - San Francisco Bay Area Cajun and zydeco music and dance information, including CD, book and event reviews, special events, recommended related sites, and a Northern California schedule of events.
- Louisana Sue - Newsletter with schedules for Cajun and Zydeco band tours, dance camps, and festivals in California and Nevada. Includes West Coast Cajun/Zydeco Music and Dance Association membership information, a history of the styles in California, and links.
- The Cajun-Zydeco Connection of Huntsville - Promoting live Cajun and Zydeco music, dances, dance instruction and the culture of Southwest Louisiana in the North Alabama area. Includes event listings, photographs, and links.
- Cajun/Zydeco Music and Dance - A large collection of links related to Cajun and Zydeco music, dance, and culture.
- Zydeco-Playboys - A Zydeco, Cajun, rhythm and blues, TexMex, Latin, accordion band from Germany. With background, member profiles, releases, and show dates. In German and English.
- Cascade Zydeco - A non-profit organization devoted to promoting Zydeco music and dance in the Pacific Northwest. With event calendar, genre information, classes and links.
- Cajun French Music Association - Dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Cajun music and culture, Hall of Fame located in Eunice, Louisiana. Includes music awards, artist profiles, Cajun heritage, list of radio programs in Louisiana and Texas, message board, and membership information.
Wikipedia Articles
- Leftover Salmon - Leftover Salmon is a genre-bending band from Boulder, Colorado. Their unique blend of bluegrass, rock, country, and Cajun/Zydeco, which the band calls "Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass", has found favor with the jam band scene.
- Tom Rigney - Tom Rigney is a San Francisco Bay Area musician specializing in Zydeco and Cajun music. He is an electric violinist and Cajun fiddler.
- Canray Fontenot - Canray Fontenot (October 23, 1922 - July 29, 1995) was an American Creole fiddler who specialized in Cajun music (called "la la music" or "la musique Creole") and was influential in what became zydeco music. Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records referred to him as the "last of the great Creole and Cajun fiddlers.
- Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin - Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (November 16 1915–May 16 2007) was an American accordionist who specialized in Cajun music (called "la la music" or "la musique Creole") and was influential in what became zydeco music.
- Boogaloo Swamis - Boogaloo Swamis are an American rock band based in Boston, Massachusetts. Boogaloo Swamis are known for an eclectic and enthusiastic sound influenced by New Orleans rhythm and blues, swamp pop, zydeco, Cajun and quirky psychedelia.