Dirk Powell, the producer of our third CD, his life and work: Dirk Powell.
Kevin Wimmer, guest musician on our third CD, plays (a.o.) in Racines.
Dirk and Kevin both play in Balfa Toujours.
Joel Savoy, also guest musician on our third CD plays in the Savoy Family Band and runs a Recording Studio.
Over the years we received several awards from the "Cajun French Music Association" in Louisiana and the "European Cajun and Zydeco Awards" organisation. Who they are and what they do: CFMA and ECZA.
Some nice Cajun Festivals in Europe: Saulieu (France), Gloucester (England) and Raamsdonksveer (Holland).
About the Cajun accordeon.
Two very good accordion builders are: Marc Savoy and Junior Martin.
Here's a list of all Accordion builders in Louisiana and an interesting site about the Cajun Accordion.
If you want to learn to play Cajun music (accordion, fiddle, guitar or triangle), the place to go is: Louisiana Folk Roots and if you want to learn more about Cajun music in general check this: Cajun History. And here you find a lot of Cajun music, to listen to, but also to download (!) Hadacol.
Everything you'd like to know about Cajun music in England. And this is our favorite dancehall in England: The Cajun Barn
This is a very up to date site about cajun music and artists, festivals and other events World wide.
Find many more Cajun links here: Accordion Links and for information about Cajun in Holland: Cajun startpagina and Cajun Startkabel.
Emile Waagenaar, the famous dutch photographer, has been visiting Louisiana since 1982 and has a unique collection of "Cajun photo's". See more of his work here.
Finally, we suggest that you book this excellent Cajun band.
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