Archive for April, 2010
R&P, anyone like Cajun music?
I’ve always wondered how popular it was outside of Louisiana. My dad is a big fan and he introduced it to me. Surprisingly, I really liked it!
P.S. I haven’t been around for a while. Anything new around here?
Absolutely! I love Cajun… the sound of it just makes me feel really good.I couldn’t really name artists but there is a local station that Plays and hour of Cajun Folk on the weekend, i try to catch but its on late.
No nothing new…. same ol’ same ol’.
Accordion Lesson #1
The accordion was advertised as good (or better) sounding. This virdeo was created to discourage the dishonest sellers from inaccurate listings. The seller in this case lied. Videographer/Repairman Wacek Koneczny did this as a service to his student. We think that the seller has not refunded the victim for this POS accordion.
Duration : 0:6:41
Sheryl Crow – “Are You Strong Enough To Be My Man” – acoustic, accordion, 1995, stereo
Sheryl Crow, Are You Strong Enough To Be My Man, live, acoustic version, Sheryl on accordion, 1995
For slightly better video and audio:
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Duration : 0:3:14
Cajun Music at Tropical Isle, New Orleans.
A band play Cajun music at a Bourbon Street bar in New Orleans.
Duration : 0:1:46
Cajun – Robert Jardell & Dewey Balfa – Lacassine Special
Clip is taken from Yasha Aginsky’s documentary “Cajun Visits”. It is an AWESOME film I would HIGHLY recommend. Here, Dewey Balfa visits cajun accordionist Robert Jardell. They talk of music and play a true cajun favorite “Lacassine Special”
Duration : 0:3:8
Dark Eyes Gypsy Accordion Lesson with Assi Rose
This is an Easy yet Fantastic Classic Gypsy Tune- Good Luck
Duration : 0:10:25
Extreme Accordion Skills
Amazing accordion performace.
The song is? the “Presto” out of the “Summer” composed by Vivaldi.
The accordionist in this video goes by the name of Hrustevich.
Check him out for more awesome music.
Or visit my channel for more awesome music ;D
Duration : 0:2:29
Cajun Music at The Coffee Break, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
The Coffee Break in Breaux Bridge is the place to be on Saturdays… 11:00am till 2:00pm … Pont Breaux Jam!!
Duration : 0:4:59
Chano Cadena Playing Cajun Accordion short clip
For Spanish speakers. What do you think of this true story?
Érase una vez, cuando yo tenía cinco años, mi familia y yo vivíamos en el norte del estado de Alabama en una hondonada que se llamaba la hondonada de zarigüeya. Cierto día, nuestra vecina gritó del camino de tierra: Hay una serpiente de cascabel enorme en el camino. ¡Llama a los gendarmes! ¡Dios nos salve! Mi madre le gritó a ella: Yo no tengo que llamar a nadie, porque tengo esta pistola grande aquí en mi bolsa. Entonces, mi madre salió de la casa con su arma como Annie Oakley. Algunos momentos más tarde, mi madre tiró al blanco a la víbora tres veces. Aquella noche para nuestra cena, mi madre nos dio la carne de serpiente de cascabel en vez de la carne de cerdo y nuestro cerdo salvaje descansaba en paz hasta la próxima barbacoa.
I enjoy writing short stories about my childhood in North Alabama. I write all of my short stories in Spanish and I would like to know what you think. This is a true story. Thanks for reading it.
About me: I am bilingual in English and Spanish. I am studying accordion and traditional music from México. I am learning how to play Conjunto, Tejano, Tex-Mex and Norteño.
Have a nice day, John
¡Qué tenga un buen día! Juan
Sources:
4 years of study at the University of Cabrillo 2005–2009 **4.00 GPA**
I attended part time and I took all 4 levels of the grammar courses as well as the 2 conversation courses: Spanish 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Spanish 10A and 10B
1 year of home study with the Cabrillo home tele-course: Spanish 1A and 1B; Spanish 2A and 2B
6 week conversation course of the Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Summer Education Program
3 months of private lessons at home with a tutor (twice a week). The tutor, who is now a close friend, is a native speaker, very-well educated, 3 college degrees, completely fluent in Latin, Spanish and English; also, during these 3 months I completed a 4 level course of conversation on CD with a book called Speed Spanish by DV Mikels, PhD.
Yo estoy de acuerdo contigo! Muy bien! Tienes estilo.
… una serpiente de cascabel = Believe it or not: I’ve seen many of them in Brazilian Forests (São Paulo – Serra da Mantiqueira). Their rattle is awesome! . Now I believe that no fear is worthy! Let the snake goes by!
I play flute and keyboard. = Can you e-mail me? See my profile.
"¡Qué tenga un buen día! "