Tag: Zydeco
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Keeping the tradition alive in California: The Long Beach Bayou & Blues Festival
This weekend, Saturday June 22nd and, Sunday June 23rd, the Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach transforms into a home away from home for Louisiana natives, as The Long Beach Bayou and Blues Festival celebrates its 27th year. The two-day Creole and Cajun celebration feature a non-stop dance floor (including dance instruction), a kids corner…
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Louisiana gumbo: Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole
“Louisiana, Louisiana; It’s beauty’s always aglow. Moss covered shade trees; Sway in the cool breeze While lazy bayous flow.” ~ Louisiana state song Cedric Watson Bon jour/Bon soir! Since the Saints won the Superbowl and Mardi Gras is around the corner, I thought I’d throw some musical gumbo in the mix! Music Voyager, a new…
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New Orleans: “The music bubbles up from the cracks in the sidewalks.”
There is a phrase that describes the center of the proverbial universe. The “axis mundi” is where all life sprang from; where the sacred and the profane meet; the point at which heaven touches earth. In the history of American music, the axis mundi must be the Crescent City…. This will be my first of…
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