Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step & Swing: A Cajun Music Reader Mardi Gras Indian Brady Banta

Brady Banta

this collection captures the powerful forces he marshaled to bring the culture and resources of Old Regime France to the Revolutionary fight for the young American Republic and to translate the new ideals that he absorbed there for the French revolutionary struggle

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 Brady BantaA 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