List of people related to Cajun music

This is a list of notable Cajun musicians, Cajun music instrument makers, Cajun music folklorists, Cajun music historians, and Cajun music activists.

List of Cajun musicians[edit]

This is a list of musicians who perform or performed Cajun music. The musicians are not necessarily Cajuns, nor necessarily limited to Louisiana musicians.

Traditional Cajun[edit]

Amédé Ardoin, accordion ^[1]
Bois Sec Ardoin
Breaux Brothers, accordion, fiddle, guitar trio ^[2]^[3]
Cléoma Breaux, guitar ^[4]
Sady Courville, fiddle^[5]
Joe Falcon, accordion ^[4]
Canray Fontenot, fiddle
Wade Fruge, fiddle
Blind Uncle Gaspard
Mayeus Lafleur
Dennis McGee, fiddle ^[6]
Segura Brothers
Leo Soileau

Country/Texas swing Cajun[edit]

Dancehall Cajun[edit]

Cajun "renaissance"[edit]

Contemporary Cajun music[edit]

Christine Balfa
Lee Benoit
Joe Hall
Hunter Hayes
The Lost Bayou Ramblers
Kevin Naquin
Pine Leaf Boys
The Red Stick Ramblers
The Revelers
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Joel Savoy, fiddler, music producer
Wilson Savoy, accordion
Wayne Toups and his legendary roadie Johnny Opelousas

Other Cajun musicians/groups[edit]

Solo artists[edit]

Bands[edit]

Other Cajun musicians playing non-Cajun music[edit]

Johnnie Allan, swamp pop musician
Rod Bernard, swamp pop musician
John Fred, swamp pop & rock and roll musician
Sammy Kershaw, country music artist
Warren Storm, swamp pop musician
Rufus Thibodeaux, Cajun and country music artist (fiddler)

Other related Cajun music producers, authors, folklorists, historians, and activists[edit]

Barry Ancelet, folklorist, cultural activist
Ryan Brasseaux, cultural historian
Carl A. Brasseaux, historian
Kevin Fontenot, historian
Richard Guidry, cultural activist
Harry Oster, LSU folklorist, recorded in the 1950s
Ann Savoy, guitarist, singer, author, and record producer

List of Cajun instrument makers[edit]

Sidney Brown, accordion builder and player
Andre Michot, accordion builder
Larry Miller, accordion builder
Marc Savoy, accordion builder and player, cultural activist

References[edit]

^ www.cajunculture.com "Ardoin, Amédé"
^ www.cajunculture.com "Breaux Brothers"
^ Brasseaux, Ryan, and Kevin Fontenot, Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step, and Swing: A Cajun Music Reader. Lafayette, LA: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2007.
^ ^a ^b www.cajunculture.com "Falcon, Joseph and Cléoma" Archived 1999-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Courville, Sady". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
^ www.cajunculture.com "McGee, Dennis" Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ www.nea.gov "Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon" Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ www.lsue.edu "Hunter Hayes in 2005" Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

Ancelet, Barry. Cajun Music. Journal of American Folklore 107 (1994): 285-303
www.cajunfrenchmusic.org/music/halloffame.htm
Yule, Ron, Cajun French Music Association Hall of Fame, Lake Charles Chapter, DeRidder, LA: Fiddle Country Publishing, 2004.
Yule, Ron, Iry LeJeune: Wailing the Blues Cajun Style, Natchitoches, LA: Northwestern State University of Louisiana Press, 2007.
http://www.zydecocajun.com/

[1] www.cajunculture.com "Ardoin, Amédé"

[2] www.cajunculture.com "Breaux Brothers"

[3] Brasseaux, Ryan, and Kevin Fontenot, Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step, and Swing: A Cajun Music Reader. Lafayette, LA: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2007.

[Falcon,_Joseph_and_Cléoma-4] www.cajunculture.com "Falcon, Joseph and Cléoma" Archived 1999-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "Courville, Sady". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2010-04-27.

[6] www.cajunculture.com "McGee, Dennis" Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine

[7] www.nea.gov "Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon" Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine

[8] www.lsue.edu "Hunter Hayes in 2005" Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

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