Tag: Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin

Creole Music

By Rien Fertel on May 25, 2023

An early 20th-century precursor to zydeco, la-la music melds indigenous American, African, European, blues, nascent rhythm and blues, and Louisiana Creole and Cajun traditions to form a popular genre that is both provincial and unmeasurably influential. Primarily associated with Black Creoles of…

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Cajun & Creole Instruments: Fiddle

By Rien Fertel on Apr. 10, 2019

A bowed string instrument, the fiddle is central to the sound, culture, and history of Cajun music…

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Cajun & Creole Instruments: Accordion

By Rien Fertel on Apr. 09, 2019

A relatively recent invention, the bellows-driven, vibrating reed squeezebox known as the accordion…

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