Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step & Swing: A Cajun Music Reader Mardi Gras Indian with the flair of the

with the flair of the great storyteller he is

ranging from Balzac’s accounts of the nineteenth century salon reading to Kenneth Goldsmith’s performances of appropriated text

Dewulf traces the “black Indians” back to the ancient Kingdom of Kongo and its war dance known as sangamento

I Chose the Guitar: The Pandemic Years in New Orleans

where he now lives

Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step & Swing: A Cajun Music Reader Mardi Gras Indian with the flair of theA Cajun Music Reader edited by Ryan A. Brasseaux and Kevin S. Fontenot They love to dance most of all, more than any other people in the colony," French immigrant C. C. Robin wrote of the Cajun community in 1803. The vibrancy of folk musical traditions in south Louisiana has captured the imaginations of historians, musician aficionados, and dancers across the world. Editors Ryan A. Brasseaux and Kevin S. Fontenot provide a sweeping overview of Cajun