General topics:

- Topsites - Culture - German sites - European C&Z Festivals - Onlineshops

- Accordion sites - Record companies

- Concert / festival schedules - General sites - Magazines

 

Bands:Bandsites:

- Australia - Austria - Belgium - England - Denmark

- Germany - France - Finland - Norway

- Netherland - Poland - Sweden - Switzerland - USA

 

Please feel free to mail us if there is a dead link or you want to submit new links.

 

Topsites

Contemporary Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco Musicians

This section of LSU at Eunice's web site offers a still-growing collection of web pages featuring photographs with some introductory notes about contemporary Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco musicians and musical groups from Southwest Louisiana.

Cajun SqueezeBox Blog

Cajun & Zydeco-Radio Special

Tuesday 19h - 20h
Wednesday 15h - 16h

Zydeco Info, very useful

Gary Hayman Cajun & Zydeco site

Gary Hayman's site was the largest C/Z website for a long time. At the end of 2006 Mr. Hayman decided to stop his activities. Now only parts of the website are still active.

Louisiana Music Factory

Online shop from New Orleans offering a wide range of Cajun and Zydeco, as well as blues, gospel and jazz recordings. They also stock a wide variety of books, videos and T-shirts.

Discography of commercially-released Cajun and Zydecomusic (so far a list of 33rpms).

Cajun/Zydeco Music & Dance

Nice site with lots of musician's biographies.

Cajun French Music Association

The Cajun French Music Association is a non-profit organization comprised of Cajuns and non-Cajuns whose purpose is to promote and preserve, not only Cajun music, but also various aspects of the Acadian Heritage.

offBEAT

The Number One music magazine from New Orleans dealing with music from Louisiana.

World wide Cajun/Zydeco event schedules

Louisiana.com

The Gumbo Pages - Nette Linksammlung

The Patsy Report

Topsites  Louisiana and Cajun Website Directory

Swampmusic

english cajun-zydecolink

Cajun Radio & Zydeco Radio Listings

Cajun/Zydecolinks from the Netherlands

European  C & Z  Festivals

Raamsdonksveer (NL) Teaterbygningen Køge (DK)
Saulieu (F) Bristol cajun festival (GB)
Gloucester (GB) Hainichen (D)
Ameland (NL) Norddeutsches Cajun-Festival (D)
Opwijk (B) Cajun & Zydeco Festival Germany (D)

Culture

C A T Entertainers

Acadian, Cajun genealogy and history

An excellent genealogy and historysite

Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The sad story of Evangeline and Gabriel.

Evangeline-The Musical

US Cookingsite

Cajunculturelinks in french and english

Quelques Chansons Cajuns

A french site

Links from Louisiana

 

Bandsites

USA

An overview of all US-bands: Contemporary Cajun & Creole Musicians

Balfa Toujours

Jo-El Sonnier

Bayou Roux

Kevin Naquin & The Ossun Playboys

BeauSoleil

Leon Chavis and the Zydeco Flames

Boozoo Chavis

Lost Bayou Ramblers

Bruce Daigrepont

Lisa Haley & the Zydekats

Buckwheat Zydeco

Marc Savoy

California Cajun Orchestra

Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas

Charivari

Savoy-Doucet Cajunband

Choupique

Steve Riley

Creole Zydeco Farmers

Wayne Toups

D. L. Menard Musician, Artisan and Cajun

were late and smell like beer

Hadley J. Castille & The Sharecroppers  Cajun Band

Zachary Richard

Jamie Bergeron & the kickin' cajuns

Australia

Cahoots

Australien

Cahoots

Zydecats

Austria

Cajun Red Stars

Christian Dozzler

Belgium

Big Bayou Bandits

Denmark(sites in English and Danish)

All danish bands are available under this Link

Cajun du Nord

Cajun Moon

Captain Crawfish & Jumping Zydeco

Fais do do

Jambalaya Cajuns

KDN Cajunband

Vals d'Ulla

Germany

Bayou Alligators

Colinda

Cajun Roosters

Ludwig Seuss Band

Dr Will's Gangsters of Love

MaCajun

Helt Oncale

Swamptones

Hot Cajun Band

Yannick Monot

International Cajun Trio

Zydeco-Playboys

England

Bayou Gumbo

Joe le Taxi

Bluejulep

Jumbo Gumbo

Bon Temps Playboys

K-Zee Zydeco Band
Cajun Dawgs

LaLa Zydeco

Cajuns Denbo

Lil' Jim

Cajun Spirit

M.C.Cajun

Chris Hall's Swampmusic

R. Cajun & The Zydeco Brothers

Elvis Fontenot & The Sugar Bees

The Bearcats

Flatville Aces

The Boat Band

Good Rockin' Dave

The Cajun Specials

Grand Mamou

Whiskey River

Hackney Ramblers

Z-Funk

Hazel Scott Playboys

ZigaZag! Cajun Band

HottBoxx

Zyderythmics

France(sites in English and French)

Bal de maison

Eric Martin & Cajun Ramblers

Bayou Chicot / Eric Martin Jacques Rigaud & Mousse Espagnole

Bayou Folk

Pain de Maïs

Belisaire

Roger Morand & Bandzydeco

Blue Bayou

Sarah Savoy & the Francadians

Bon Temps Asteur

Ton Ton Gris Gris

Cajun Express

Zarico Playboys

Finland

Crawfish Kings

Norway(sites in English and Norwegian)

Cajun Mock Frogs

Arve Haaland's Cajun Gumbo

Netherlands(sites in English and Dutch)

Allez Mama

Except-2

Bayou Mosquitos

Homesick & The Louisiana Men

Cajun Company

La Blusa

Cajun Craze

Les Chats Cadiens

Captain Gumbo Red Kidney Beans
Catfish

River Zydeco Band

Cleanhead & Barefoot

Swamp

Cochon Bleu

Zydeco Beach Party

Crawfish Krewe

Zydeco Fever

Des Fais Do-Do

ZydeGoNutz

Downtown Cajun Band

Polen

Sweden

Bayou

Cajun Hurricane

Switzerland

Mama Rosin

Marc And The Boiled Crawfish

Magazines

Bluesnews german blues magazine

Folker

akkordeon magazin german accordion magazine

Westernmail

offBEAT

The Number One music magazine from New Orleans dealing with music from Louisiana.

songlines

German Sites

Cotton club

Reiseträume

Talkin Blues

   Musichits

Our fiddle player Hartmut Hegewald. guitar maker of spanish tradition guitars

 

 

German collection and manufacture of Rubboards

www.BandList.de

Accordian Sites

A list of all accordionbuilder in Louisiana

Martin Accordions

Larry Miller Accordeon

Kölner Akkordeon Werkstatt

Castagnari Melodeon Sales

Englischer Vertrieb von italienischen Akkordeons

Gabbanelli Accordions from Italy

Homewood Musical Instruments

Savoy Music Center

Hohner 

Onlineshops

Mardi Gras Store

Musique Louisiane scours the web for the best deals on C & Z

Cajunwholesale

Online wholesaler for Cajunfood

Cajun Market of New Orleans

Häbi Sound

a Swiss CD Dealer with country and a couple of Cajun & Zydeco cd's

mardigras records

Lots of CDs (Cajun, Zydeco, Blues and other genres from Louisiana) as well as mardi gras accesories for your private party.

Many links to cajunfood online stores

New Orleans Showcase: Cajun Food, Cookbooks & Gifts

Record companies releasing Cajun and Zydecomusic

Arhoolie Records

Rounder

Shanachie

inakustik (German)

Lanor Records

Goldband Records

Ralph Records & Production

Floyds Record shop

(online CD ordering)

La Louisianne Records

Is a classic cajunlabel with acts like Aldus Roger, Nathan Abshire or Jimmy Breaux. You can order CD's.

Concert and Festival schedules

Stichting Wereldmuziek in Limburg  (Dutch)

Country-online

Musiccontact.com

Musicforum.de

Arn's Home Page

USA eastcoast Bands and venues

General Sites

Key of Z Rubboards

Eliza Music