Art
Accordion Making
The diatonic button accordion is a prominent and distinguishing feature of Cajun music, first imported to Louisiana from Europe in the late nineteenth century by German Jewish immigrants.
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History
Amédé Ardoin
One of southern Louisiana's first great recording artists was Creole accordionist and singer Amédé Ardoin.
Music
Bois Sec Ardoin
Alfonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin was an accomplished Zydeco accordion musician.
Music
Boozoo Chavis
Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis was a pioneering zydeco musician best known for highly danceable tunes and his often-risqué sense of humor.
Music
Buckwheat Zydeco
Accordionist Stanley Dural, Jr., was zydeco's most commercially successful performer and an unofficial ambassador of the musical genre and Creole culture. Better known as "Buckwheat Zydeco," Dural helped introduce traditional Creole music to the mainstream.
Music
Cajun Music
Cajun music is a genre that arose in southwestern Louisiana from the Francophone folk music traditions of the Acadians.
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Louisiana’s Cajun music has been influenced by a rich blend of musical traditions.
Music
Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier, self-proclaimed “King of the Bayou,” pioneered the modern sound of zydeco music starting in the 1950s.
Music
Ida Guillory
"Queen Ida" Guillory and her Bon Temps Zydeco Band have toured nationally and internationally. Guillory has also published a popular cookbook, "Cookin' with Queen Ida."
Music
Iry LeJeune
At a time when popular Cajun music leaned heavily toward western swing bands featuring the fiddle, Iry LeJeune is credited with reintroducing the traditional Cajun accordion.
Music
Zachary Richard
Born in Scott, where he still maintains a home, Zachary Richard is a musician, poet, environmentalist, and cultural activist.
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