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Accordions, fiddles, two step & swing : a Cajun music reader

Title
Accordions, fiddles, two step & swing : a Cajun music reader / edited by Ryan A. Brasseaux & Kevin S. Fontenot ; with a foreword by Wayne W. Daniel.
ISBN
1887366717
9781887366717
1887366725 (bound)
9781887366724 (bound)
Published
Lafayette : Center for Louisiana Studies, 2006.
Physical Description
x, 535 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Variant and related titles
Accordions, fiddles, two step and swing
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 30, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-517) and index.
Contents
Under the green oak tree : origins and locales of Cajun music. Excerpts from Louisiana French folk songs / Irène Thérèse Whitfield
Acculturation in Cajun folk music / Harry Oster
The socio-cultural traits of the French folksong in Louisiana / Elizabeth Brandon
The public and private domains of Cajun women musicians in southwest Louisiana / Lisa E. Richardson
Grand Texas : accordion music and lifestyle on the Cajun frontière / Carl Lindahl
Let the good times unroll : music and race relations in southwest Louisiana / Mark Mattern
Introduction and use of accordions in Cajun music / Malcolm L. Comeaux
Heritage, tradition, and travel : Louisiana French culture placed on a California dance floor / Mark F. DeWitt
The Cajun dancehall / Malcolm L. Comeaux
Une 'tite poule grasse ou La fille aînée [A little fat chicken or The eldest daughter] : a comparative analysis of Cajun and Creole Mardi Gras songs / Rocky L. Sexton and Harry Oster
The Cajun French Music Association : the development of a music-centered ethnic organization / Rocky L. Sexton
The water pump : commercialization of Cajun music. Cajun music / Barry Jean Ancelet
Louisiana folk and regional popular music traditions on records and the radio : an historical overview with suggestions for future research / Stephen R. Tucker
"Colinda" : mysterious origins of a Cajun folksong / Shane K. Bernard and Julia Frederick
How y'all are : Justin Wilson, comedy, and ethnic identity / Kevin S. Fontenot
Country chameleons : Cajuns on the Louisiana hayride / Tracey E.W. Laird
J.D. Miller and Floyd Soileau : a comparison of two small-town recordmen of Acadiana ; Twistin' at the fais do-do : the roots of south Louisiana's swamp pop music / Shane K. Bernard
The Cajun Music Festival : genesis and legacy / Barry Jean Ancelet
"He decided a song about that" : profiles of Cajun artists. Joseph C. Falcon, accordion player and singer : a biographical sketch / Lauren C. Post
"Mama, where you at?" : The chronicle of Maius LaFleur / Donald Lee Nelson
Playing in the shadows : obscure early Cajun recording artists / Ron Brown
Acadian fiddler Dennis McGee and Acadian dances / Brenda Daigle
Moonshine and mosquitoes : the story of Dewey Segura / John H. Cowley
Leo Soileau / Tony Russell
The Hackberry Ramblers / Ben Sandmel
Brief history of the Hackberry Ramblers / Luderin Darbone
The Bayou Buckaroo : LeRoy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc / John Broven
Harry Choates : Cajun fiddle ace ; Iry LeJune / Mike Leadbitter
King of the dancehalls : accordionist Lawrence Walker / Kevin S. Fontenot and Ryan A. Brasseaux
Aldus Roger : king of the French accordion / Ann Allen Savoy
Jimmy C. Newman and his Cajun country roots / Douglas B. Green
People buy the feel : Cajun fiddle master Rufus Thibodeaux / Kevin S. Fontenot
Vin Bruce / Michael Hurtt
Dewey Balfa : a cultural ambassador / Barry Jean Ancelet
The Cajun Mick Jagger / Richard Baudoin
Hawaiian shirts and Cajun power : basking in the sunshine of Michael Doucet and Beausoleil / Ryan A. Brasseaux and Erik Charpentier
Never mind the bowties
here's the Bluerunners / Michael Tisserand
Fabricating authenticity : the Cajun Renaissance and Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys / Ryan A. Brasseaux and Erik Charpentier
Get lost : the Lost Bayou Ramblers / Erik Charpentier
Saving culture with a song : Cajun music and the twenty-first century
An evolutionary chronology of Cajun music.
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