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Although characteristic of the state of Louisiana, Cajun music has it's roots in the French-speaking Acadian population of Canada. The lives of those French colonists were wracked by political... more

Most of the recordings on this album were made in the 1930s, and exhibit Cajun music's characteristically infectious rhythmic patterns and irregular cadences. This lively album includes Joseph F.... more

The Organina Thibouville is a small mechanical organ popular in the drawing rooms of the Parisian bourgeoisie. As a device designed for home entertainment, it played folding punched cards imprinted... more

In the mid-1970s, a few aficionados of mechanical street music revived the pre-World War I tradition of organ grinders by building new instruments and making new folding punch cards for these devices... more

On a search for recordings from an old Cajun singer, Gerard Dele encountered guitarist Richard Fontenont on a proverbial dark and stormy night. Fontenont and his family took him in, told him stories,... more

The French-speaking, black Creoles from the prairies of lower Louisiana produce a wide variety of music, from Cajun two-steps to the blues. This album presents a range of styles, including nineteenth... more

This album, recorded by Gerard Doe, presents Cajun home music from before World War I. from solo ballads to instrumental dance tunes, this collection explores the musical expressions of descendants... more

In his introduction Tracy Schwarz writes, "This album, I hope will bring music into your home -not only for listening, but for learning and singing the songs too. That is what this music means to... more

Performed by Frenchman Gerard Dole and his band, the Backdoor Cajuns, the material on this album comes from early recordings of Cajun music. According to Dole, a "backdoor Cajun" is someone not born... more

Gerard Dole presents a Cajun-flavored collection of songs, tales, ditties and dances about the "little creatures and the big animals" of Southern Louisiana tiny woodworms and love bugs, an old ox... more