Cajun Music: ft. Band Jambalaya
Jambalaya in this case is the name of the band playing at the taste of Kelowna. This is at the Taste of Kelowna, Kelowna, British Columbia March 2009
Duration : 0:7:37
Boiling Bayou Cajun Band-quo faire
Home video by cajun band from sweden.
Boiling bayou cajun band… “The members play traditional Cajun music with passion and precision, though they’re not from Louisiana. These Creole cowboys are actually from Stockholm, Sweden…”
Duration : 0:3:25
Cajun Mardi Gras Song
Performed by Chris Miller-accordion. This traditional tune is a bit odd for Cajun accordion repertoire because it is in A minor. When I first heard this tune in my youth, it was never with a band…it was with solo accordion and/or voice. I provide a bit of stomping hear, there is usually a lot of that on the “Courir de Mardi Gras!” I always thought it had an odd sort of appeal–a quirky, haunting character…guess that really fits for Mardi Gras!
Duration : 0:1:17
Honey Island Swamp 2008
If you’re not too busy looking up then you should watch this! It’s just a remix of pics and video I took at Honey Island Swamp in Slidell, Louisiana. The video and pictures are of Alligators and other wildlife there. It’s more productive than picking your nose.. you know you’re doing it. Stop it.
Duration : 0:2:27
Fiddling Thomsons at North Hampton Town Hall, Mardigras lunch, fiddle and accordion, cajun zydeco
Thomson’s web site – http://www.captainfiddle.com Ryan and Brennish perform cajun and zydeco music for a mardigras luncheon with the North Hampton Seniors Group, Tuesday, February 16, 2010, in New Hampshire. Brennish is Ryan’s 13 year old son and performs in this video on cajon drum, fiddle, wooden spoons, cajun triangle, and zydeco rub board. Visit the website for their performance schedule and information on instructional books and videos for learning fiddle, accordion, and other instruments.
Duration : 0:9:49
Vin and LBR I
East met west when Vin Bruce, legendary bayou singer, performed with the Lost Bayou Ramblers of Lafayette at the Butte (H & R Sports), corner of East 37th Street and LA 308 in Cut Off, La.
The between-song banter is included for two reasons. First, Vin felt the need to explain a bass fiddle because the upright bass is no longer played on the bayou. Second, Vin demonstrates our Cajun sense of humor and a style of entertaining that was the norm when he broke into the business. Incidentally, the Nolan he picks on is my first cousin.
Vin Bruce began playing music in the 1940′s and was discovered by Columbia Records while performing in New Orleans. Beginning in 1951, he recorded a number of sides with session men who backed Lefty Frizzell and other big-time Columbia stars. One of the songs he sings in this video was made famous by Hank Williams, and Vin sang at Hank’s two New Orleans “show weddings” to Billie Jean in late 1952.
The Lost Bayou Ramblers are an energetic group of Cajuns from the Lafayette area who play the western style of traditional Cajun music for crowds across these United States and in a few foreign countries. Along the way, they picked up a nomination for the first-ever Grammy for Best Cajun/Zydeco Album in 2008.
On 18 Apr. 2009, these great Cajun musicians from both sides of the Atchafalaya River joined forces to bring two brands of Cajun music together to the delight of a very approving audience.
In this video, they perform “Take These Chains” and “Dans le Clair de la Lune.”
Duration : 0:7:38
