Twin right and left handed violinists fiddle cajun two step – Fiddling Thomsons
A father and son duo – Ryan and Brennish Thomson perform for the Hampton Historical Society fund raiser for the Tuck Museum, Hampton New Hampshire, on September 4, 2010. In this video they play a cajun two step on twin fiddles. The Fiddling Thomsons perform throughout New England. Ryan teaches several different instruments and produces instructional books, videos, and recordings. Visit the Captain Fiddle web site at http://www.captainfiddle.com
Duration : 0:2:30
Cajun – Joe Douglas & The American Cajun Band – Cajun Dance
Here is a clip From the “Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler from Randol’s” show of Joe Douglas & The American Cajun Band. Randol’s is a cajun resturant/ dance hall located in Lafayette, Louisiana. I would HIGHLY recommend a meal and dance there anytime. Check them out at http://www.randols.com Almost every night they feature a Cajun band.
Joe Douglas and his band – I am not that familiar with. If anyone has info about this very good band, please let me know and I’ll post info.
Duration : 0:6:15
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
David Amram – American Dance Suite (1/3)
David Amram (*1930)
American Dance Suite for orchestra (1986)
I. Cheyenne 0:00
II. Blues 5:49
III. Cajun
The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/Richard Auldon Clark
‘I decided to make a dance suite as a result of working with Jacques d’Ambroise, the dancer, choreographer and founder of the National Dance Institute in New York. Mr. d’Amboise wanted some of my music for a dance he was to create. After watching the excitement of seeing my composition choreographed (Mary Tyler Moore tap-danced in one section!), I decided I would write a piece celebrating American dance forms, as a concert piece, that could create a ballet in the listener’s mind, and perhaps someday be danced to. The first movement, Cheyenne, uses some traditional melodies of the Cheyenne people (a traditional Cheyenne melody, a traditional Cheyenne hand-game song “NU-USM NO-NOTZ” and a setting of a Cheyenne war dance, TN). The second movement, Blues, is a tribute to the contribution of jazz to the enrichment of our century, as music to dance to and music of great emotional depth [..] Rather than a rendering of traditional blues, it is a tribute to some of the masters like Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Mingus and Oscar Pettiford – all whom I have known and performed with earlier in my life. The final movement, Cajun, celebrates another indigenous form of American music that came to us via the Celtic people who lived in Brittany, came to Canada three hundred years ago as French-speaking Acadians, left Canada and arrived in the U.S., settling in Louisiana. There their Celtic-French Canadian music was influenced by the music of Native American and Afro-American cultures into the unique Cajun culture of today.’ ~ David Amram
Duration : 0:9:38
Amanda Shaw – Dans a Carre – Amazing Cajun Fiddle Playing
This tune is listed as Dans a Carre. However “stonemanherny” tells us that “The song is “Danse Carre’”, Square Dance. Cajuns weren’t allowed to speak French at school, much less write or spell it; therefore the names of songs often got lost. Dennis Magee recorded a version, some years ago. ”
Thank you stonemanherny!
Be sure to watch through to the amazing ending as 15 year old Amanda Shaw entertains the crowd at Lakeside Mall in Metairie, LA just 2 months after Katrina.
Duration : 0:5:11
Mamou mardi gras 2010 – by HCProductions.org
Traditional Mardi Gras is a great deal different from the over commercialized Mardi Gras such as New Orleans. This is just a small sample of some of the rich Cajun culture distinct to Louisiana and one of the only cultures native to the United States. This video specifically covers the Mardis Gras of the town of Mamou, Louisiana…the home of Cajun music. Enjoy and remember, though there may be some libation involved…the TRUE Mardis Gras is NOT just about boobies and beads…look it up and learn the cultural tradition for yourself.
Video courtesy of Christopher Jordan
HCProductions.org
Duration : 0:5:51
