Randy Falcon, the legendary Cajun instrument maker who patented the double accordion, died Saturday night from complications of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 69. The Crowley native is best known for ...
The autobiographical Made in Louisiana tells the evolutionary journey of how Marc Savoy, a farmer’s son and chemical engineering graduate, became the world’s foremost builder of the premier Cajun ...
Despite never learning to read or write, Nathan Abshire helped revive the accordion’s place in Cajun music. Also despite his talent and popularity, Abshire never was able to live entirely off his ...
IOTA, La. (WAFB) - Cajun musicians will tell you that the best sounding accordions are the ones that are handcrafted in south Louisiana and one of those Cajun accordion makers is Larry Miller. For ...
Musicians Steve Riley and Justin Manuel are playing with a piece of Cajun music history. Justin's family purchased the accordion of the late Cajun music pioneer Nathan Abshire years ago. It was made ...
He's played with Paul McCartney’s all-star band, at McCartney’s Christmas party and at the music legend’s daughter’s wedding – but Chris Hall still gets just as much of a buzz playing a Derby pub as ...
The Liberty Theater in Eunice is a Louisiana jewel. Built in 1924, the Liberty has been the three-decade home of “Rendez-Vous Des Cajuns,” a Saturday night, Grand Ole Opry-style show that still ...
Randy Falcon wore many hats — musician, pioneer accordion builder, teacher, second generation owner of the Falcon Rice Mill. He was a mechanic, father figure, and mentor. The life and many talents of ...
Born near Church Point, Louisiana to a farming family, Iry LeJeune (1928-1955), near blind from birth, turned to music as a young child. It was his cousin, Angeles LeJeune, who first introduced him to ...
Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage will be showcased at 50th annual Festivals Acadiens et Creoles
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through ...
"I don't know how to play it, but I'm dying for a red one," said Metairie resident Dale Fleishmann at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, when she stopped at the Martin Accordion booth in the Laissez Le Bon ...
Randy Falcon, the legendary Cajun instrument maker who patented the double accordion, died Saturday night from complications of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 69. The Crowley native is best known for ...
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