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Last update: 5/8/2008

Late Breaking

From Now On - Solo Release from Michael Doucet
Debut solo release on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Learning Cajun Guitar
by Sheridan Swope - first insrtuctional site on web for Cajun Guitar
And the Grammy goes to ... TERRANCE SIMIEN; see photos from Los Angeles
Feb. 11, 2008 in Daily Advertiser
Rosie Ledet at Surf Club in Washington, DC
Photos by Alex Polikoff - Check out photos of the usual suspects!
Music Man - Without collector Chris Strachwitz, there'd be no record of some of America's greatest folk music, from zydeco to the Delta blues
Jan. 13, 2008 in San Fancisco Chronicle
Carrier's holiday chords - Zydeco festival to bring in the new year
Dec. 30, 2007 in Daily Advertiser
Coz Fontenot's (great Cajun singer) house caught on fire during the holidays
Donate via Pineleaf Boys' Website

www.ZydecoTalk.com
Catch the latest posts on the zydeco scene - intersting
notes from Lousiana, Texas, and everywhere else

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Upcoming Festivals and Dance Camps

French Quarter Festival
Largest free festival in LA, April 11-13, 2008 in New Orleans
The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance
Apr. 17-10, 2008 on Silk Hope, NC
The Spring Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week
Apr. 18-25, 2008 at Chicot State Park, Ville Platte, Louisiana
The Festival International de Louisiane
Apr. 23-27, 2008 in Lafayette, Louisiana
Breaux Bridge Cajun Crawfish Festival
May 2-4, 2008 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
New Orleans Jazz & Herritage Festival
Apr. 25-27 & May 1-4, 2008 in New Orleans
6th Annual Gator By The Bay Zydeco Blues Festival
May 9-11, 2008 in San Diego, CA across from San Diego Airport
Simi Valley Cajun/Creole Music and Food Festival
Memorial Day weekend (May 14-15, 2008) in Simi Valley, CA
Pheasant Hollow Winery Cajun Festival
May 30-31, 2008 in Whittington, Illinois (Only Cajun Fest in Illinois)
Crawfish Boil, Gumbo, and Gator Tail, Cajun dance lessons
Gulf Coast Zydeco Music Festival
May 16-18, 2008 in Daphne, AL (8 miles east of Mobile)
Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest
May 30-June 1, 2008 in Augusta, NJ
Blast from the Bayou
June 5-8, 2008 in Strawberry Park, Preston, CT
The Great Connecticut Cajun/Zydeco Music & Arts Festival
June 13-15, 2008 in Sunrise Resort in Moodus, CT
Cajun and Creole Dance Week
at Augusta Heritage Center
Jul. 6-11, 2008 in Elkins, WV

Buffalo Jam 2008
Aug. 7-10, 2008 at Camp Ramblewood, Darlington, MD
With Steve Riley, and J.J. Caillier
Lark Camp World Music & Dance Camp 2008 Calendar/Press Release
Registration is now open!

Just Added Sites

Learning Cajun Guitar
by Sheridan Swope - first insrtcutional site on web for Cajun Guitar
Fricassée Cajun Band
Tradtitional Cajun Music from Lafayette, LA
Entertainment Section of Acadian Times
Covering events and club information in SWLA
Mouton Accordions
Updated website - Cajun accordions and more...

Actual sign posted in park in St. Martinville, LA.

(Photo by Bob Sova & Ilene Caplan)

(See past Front Page photos here.)

Mid-Atlantic Crawfish Net
Cajuns by Choice and
Zydecodependents Anonymous

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