CI5472 Teaching Film, Television, and Media
Module 9: Popular Music and Radio ~ Different Music Genres
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As with other genres, Cajun music emanated out of Louisiana as an expression of Cajun culture. The name derives from Acadian, the name of the French colonialists who settled in what became Louisiana. Zydeco music is a hybrid of cajun and blues music and became increasingly popular in the 1980s and 1990s outside of Louisiana, particularly as a form of dance music (see CajunZydeco.net and Cajun/Zydeco Music). |
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For further reading: |
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Gould, P., & Ancelet, B. (1992). Cajun music and zydeco. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. |
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Koster, R. (2002). Louisiana music: A journey from R&B to zydeco, jazz to country, blues to gospel, cajun music to swamp pop to carnival music and beyond. New Orleans: DeCapo. |
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