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
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Ultimate Guitar Trainer
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Duration : 2 min 51 sec
Tin Whisper – Guitar Instrumental
"Tin Whisper" Original Composition for guitar by Dave Ward
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Duration : 2 min 42 sec
Cajun Waltz, Grand Prairie, on twin fiddles – Fiddling Thomsons, Hampton, NH
A father and son duo – Ryan and Brennish Thomson perform for the Hampton Historical Society, Hampton New Hampshire, on September 4, 2010. In this video they play a medley of 3 Irish jigs – Cannaught Man’s Rambles, My Darling Asleep, and Morrison’s JIg. 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
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Ruben Moreno – “Watch that Dog” at the 1st Ulster Cajun/Zydeco Festival 6/13/09
Ruben Moreno – “Watch that Dog” at the 1st Ulster Cajun/Zydeco Festival 6/13/09 – with Tony Delafose on bass, Paul Crowley and Gary Graeff on guitars, Raymond Bilbo on rubboard and Doug Chatman on drums
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Augusta Crafts.mpg
Folk art, traditional and contemporary craft, blacksmithing, felting, pottery, stained glass, quilting, flint knapping, musical instrument repair and construction, and much more are all taught as week long workshops at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins West Virginia on the campus of Davis & Elkins College.
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