Book

South to Louisiana: the music of the Cajun bayous

Pelican Pub. Co. • Gretna, La. • Published In 1983 • Pages:

By: Broven, John.

Abstract

'South to Louisiana' is a comprehensive study of the development of Cajun music in Louisiana. This book, which is almost encyclopedic in its cultural dimensions, discusses the early Cajun and Cajun-Country periods, Zydeco and Blues, Swamp-Pop (a south Louisiana version of rock and roll), and the Cajun revival in music as it exists today (ca. 1986). Broven collected much of the material in this study from interviews with local participants in music (e.g., musicians and record publishers), whose stories and reminiscences, often quoted verbatim in the text, make up the major portion of this work. This book also includes brief biographical sketches of various musicians, as well as much data on the music publishing industry in Louisiana.

HRAF PubDate

1995

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle, 1993

Field Date

ca. 1970-1973 (p. x)

Coverage Date

variable

Coverage Place

Louisiana, United States

Notes

John Broven

Includes indexes.|Discography: p. 332-344.|Bibliography: p. 345-349

LCCN

82011247

LCSH

Cajuns