Links

Bands

• Geno Delafose and French Rockin Boogie
• Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds - bluesworld, lsue
• Buckwheat Zydeco
• Corey "Lil Pop" Ledet and His Zydeco Band
• Nathan Williams and the Cha Chas - El Sid-O's Zydeco and Blues Club
• Terrance Simien
• Zydeco Force
• Clifton Chenier
• Willis Prudhomme
• Thomas Fields
• Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin
• Sean Ardoin and ZydeKool
• Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble
• Dexter Ardoin and the Creole Ramblers
• Frank Family Band
• Keith Frank
• Rosie Ledet
• Creole Zydeco Farmers
• Dora and the Zydeco Badboyz

Radio

• KRVS radio - Zydeco Est Pas Sale
• Cajun and Zydeco radio guide

Publishers

• Bug Music
• Flat Town Music
• Warner Chappell

Record Labels / Stores

• Louisiana Radio Records
• Arhoolie Records
• Floyd's Record Shop
• Mardi Gras Records
• Louisiana Red Hot Records
• Bad Weather Records
• Rounder Records
• Lanor Records
• Folkways Smithsonian

Organizations

• Acadiana Arts Council - they paid for the ball to get rolling for this project
• Lafayette Consolidated Government - they gave AAC money to get the ball rolling
• Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
• Center for Louisiana Studies
• Louisiana Folk Roots
• Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission
• Louisiana Music Commission

Venues

• El Sid-O's Zydeco and Blues Club
• Blue Moon Saloon and Guest House

Lafayette Culture

• Downtown Alive! - concert series in Lafayette
• Festival Acadiens - 3rd weekend of September in Lafayette, LA
• Festival International de Louisiane, in Lafayette, LA
• Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival - Labor Day weekend, in Plaisance, LA
• Louisiana Folk Roots
• The Independent
• Lafayette Daily Advertiser
• Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center
• The Patsy Report - what's going on

Louisiana music

• Wikipedia article on music of Louisiana
• Louisiana Music Online - comprehensive links to musicians and other websites
• What is Cajun & Zydeco dance and music

Creole / Zydeco sites

• LSUE's extensive Contemporary Louisiana Cajun, Creole and Zydeco Musicians site.
• Zydeco is not Cajun music - Herman Fuselier
• Brief history of Creole, Zydeco, and Cajun music
• Cajun/Zydeco Bands listings
• Zyde.com
• Zydeco online
• Zydeco bands, booking with CCW Productions
• Cajuns and Creoles, summarizes information from other sources, links to Les Blank
• Amédé Ardoin biography 1, bio 2
• Canray Fontenot obituary

Accordion

• Savoy Music Center
• Accordions in Louisiana, Mark Savoy
• Martin Accordions, Inc.
• Bon Cajun instruments, Larry Miller
• http://www.accordions.com/
• diatonic accordions
• History of the Cajun Accordion
• Everything you ever wanted to know about accordions
• Zydecoach.com
• U.S. National Accordion News
• How to learn to play button accordion
• Introduction and the use of accordions in Cajun music, with information about Louisiana history in general including Creole history

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