Episode 31: How To Be A Geek Musician
In episode 31, Andy and Sean check in with Dee Long on how use
technology to write songs.
Duration : 20 min 12 sec
Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet performs with David Doucet and Mitchell Reed
…from the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Michael Doucet, fiddler, composer, and bandleader, is perhaps the single most important figure in the revitalization of Cajun music in the USA. Cajun is the shorthand name for the French settlers of southwest Louisiana who were expelled from the Acadian region of Canada in the 18th century. During the first half of the 20th century, both the language and music of French Louisiana seemed to be in decline. In 1975, Doucet applied to the National Endowment for the Arts for an apprenticeship grant to study with and document the master fiddlers of his region. As a result of this project, he was able to learn first-hand from the great masters of Cajun and Creole music with links to an earlier era.
Find Michael Doucets Smithsonian Folkways album, From Now On, at http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3207
To learn more about Smithsonian Folkways visit http://www.folkways.si.edu
To find out more about the Smithsonian Folklife Festival visit http://festival.si.edu/
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Duration : 0:4:25
Musicians Perform at a Blue Microphones event – Part 1
Musicians Perform at a Blue Microphones event from the Gibson/Baldwin Showroom in Beverly Hills.
Duration : 7 min 37 sec
Rockin Accordion jam -Big Squeezy -Cajun Zydeco band-Seattle
Here’s Steve Rice taking an accordion solo with BIG SQUEEZY august 2008. Musicians: Anneclaire De Roos -rubboard / Dave Pascal – bass / Spencer Hoveskeland – Guitar / Don Dieteich-drums/Steve Rice – Accordion
For Booking Info:
http://www.gigmasters.com/liveband/SteveRiceGroup/
Duration : 0:0:31
The Cajun New Wave trailer
Trailer for a 2008 short film on young Cajun musicians from southern Louisiana. “The Cajun New Wave” had its premiere in April 2009, as part of Patois: The 6th Annual New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival. For for information, visit http://pcartelli.com/PCARTELLI/Film.html
The film features the Lost Bayou Ramblers, Pine Leaf Boys, Feufollet, Cedric Watson and Steve Riley.
Duration : 0:1:46
Musicians playing in Berlin cafe
