Lawrence "Black" Ardoin, patriarch of family of Creole and zydeco music has died. He played music & was son of Creole music legend Bois Sec Ardoin, & the father of musicians Sean Ardoin, Chris Ardoin and uncle to Ernest Ardoin and Gus Ardoin
https://www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/lawrence-black-ardoin-creole-music-patriarch-has-died
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 14:44 (one year ago) link
Lawrence Black Ardoin died in December 2022.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 14:53 (one year ago) link
RIP writer John Nova Lomax at 53 who wrote about Houston , Texas culture including music like zydeco, hiphop and more
"Whether covering crime or culture, streets or songs, Lomax overturned all stones."
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/john-nova-lomax-writer-houston-texas-dies-18088579.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vbGlmZXN0eWxlL2FydGljbGUvam9obi1ub3ZhLWxvbWF4LXdyaXRlci1ob3VzdG9uLXRleGFzLWRpZXMtMTgwODg1NzkucGhw&time=MTY4NDc4ODIwOTczNw==&rid=YzVkMmE5M2QtNGU1Yy00ZmI4LWI0YzEtMjBjMjFjZGUyMTNm&sharecount=MQ==
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 03:42 (one year ago) link
Every Grammy Awards nominee for best Regional Roots Album is from Louisiana:
New BeginningsBuckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band
Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalDwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers
Live: Orpheum Theater NolaLost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Made In New OrleansNew Breed Brass Band
Too Much To HoldNew Orleans Nightcrawlers
Live At The Maple LeafThe Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 November 2023 03:22 (seven months ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/16/travel/things-to-do-cajun-country-acadiana.html
No mention of zydeco club El-Sido's
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 November 2023 16:05 (seven months ago) link
RIP Jo-El Sonnier Louisiana Cajun and country musician from what sounds like a heart attack
https://kpel965.com/louisiana-cajun-country-music-artist-jo-el-sonnier-dead/
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 14 January 2024 20:52 (five months ago) link
And RIP Chris Stafford, Lafayette area Cajun musician and founding member of Feufollet, who has died young as the result of an automobile accident. I am spacing out on the name of an older Cajun musician who recently died as well.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 May 2024 04:50 (one month ago) link
Louis Michot is always up to cool stuff . This is about a gig 4 nights ago in New Orleans
via Instagram--
@musicbox.village will be filled with musical residents moving from house to house and recreating the sounds from #rêvedutroubadour on the amazing sonic neighborhood that is MUSIC BOX VILLAGE. Come support the Village; and enjoy a special collaboration with @louismichotmusic @leylacello @risingstarsfifeanddrum @coreyledetzydeco @bryanwebre @somefarawaybeach @ceaser.calad + a bilingual lyric visual show mixed by @brubobaggins #musicboxvillage #neworleans #endoftheworld #rampart #louismichot
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 May 2024 05:12 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrCMy7oZdk8
Ann Savoy band with Dirk Powell in it, at the Kennedy Center in DC
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 23:05 (two weeks ago) link
They did a nice Cajun take on the Kinks "Waterloo Sunset"
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 May 2024 00:05 (two weeks ago) link
x-post - the other death was RIP zydeco guitarist & bandleader Chester “Tune” Chevalier from the Creole Zydeco Farmers at age 81
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 May 2024 00:07 (two weeks ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shFWGTZtomk
I like this Folkways doc about Ann Savoy and her latest album. It’s her life story- Richmond photographer/ folk singer who moves with her Mom to Europe after her Dad dies young and unexpectedly. Her seeing art and getting into music there and learning French. Then her coming back and discovering Cajun music and culture and getting enamored with Louisiana musician farmer Marc Savoy and they creating a life and family together. She continues to make music and do photography and more the whole time
― curmudgeon, Friday, 31 May 2024 02:19 (two weeks ago) link
https://www.myspiltmilk.com/articles/remembering-feufollets-chris-staffords-importance-at-jazz-fest
More on the recently passed Chris Stafford and how he was a Cajun musician but also into Eno and garage rock
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:43 (two weeks ago) link
seeing on Facebook there was a big fest up in New England somewhere yesterday plus I think some recent gigs in NYC. Alas, there are some Louisiana and Texas zydeco bands busy working dayjobs as well who can't afford to take time off and play gigs elsewhere
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:53 (one week ago) link