University of Louisiana-Lafayette Press Title Explores History of Cajun Music's Essential Instrument
November 10, 2021
November 10, 2021
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Nov. 10 (TNSOps) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story on Nov. 9, 2021:
Most strands of American music have an iconic instrument. Horns for jazz, banjos for bluegrass, and electric guitars for rock and roll.
But few are as essential and unmistakable as the diatonic accordion and its role in the music of south Louisiana. And few know the instrument as intimately as world-renowned accordion player, bui . . .
Most strands of American music have an iconic instrument. Horns for jazz, banjos for bluegrass, and electric guitars for rock and roll.
But few are as essential and unmistakable as the diatonic accordion and its role in the music of south Louisiana. And few know the instrument as intimately as world-renowned accordion player, bui . . .