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Sharing the food, music, culture, and history at the heart of Cajun & Creole Country.

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Lafayette Weekly

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A weekly curated playlist by local musician Philippe Billeaudeaux featuring music by Lafayette, LA musicians with a weekly rundown of live music happening in and around the area. Tune in each week here or follow us on Spotify for your weekly dose of the sounds of Lafayette. South Louisiana rock…

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Sterling Accordion

Cajun & Creole Instruments: Accordion

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A relatively recent invention, the bellows-driven, vibrating reed squeezebox known as the accordion, was first manufactured in Germany and later in Russia in the 1820s. It is unknown who brought the first accordion to South Louisiana or which French Creole or Acadian first played the instrument, but…

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