Holiday Fais do-do Dance Concert

Saturday, November 28
Beatnik Studios
2421 17th Street
Sacramento, CA 95818

Holiday Fais do-do Dance Concert:
The Savoy Family Cajun Band

Ann Savoy has produced several critically noted, bayou-influenced albums with high profile friends of Cajun music--including Linda Ronstadt, John Fogerty, Richard Thompson, Maria McKee and Nick Lowe.

Marc Savoy, her husband, is widely regarded as a savior and revival catalyst for traditional Cajun music and the sweaty swampland culture from whence it sprang in Southwest Louisiana. He plays stellar, fais-do-do driven accordion as well as his home-made fiddle. Marc is renowned internationally for designing, creating and overseeing the handmade acadian accordions at the Savoy Music Center.

They are joined by their sons Joel and Wilson Savoy.

Door: 7 pm | Showtime: 8 pm
$25.

[text from Swell Productions website. Thanks to VMcN for the tip.]

Cajun Music at the Grammies

[with thanks to VMcN in San Francisco for the tip: "This year, there's a new category at the Grammys: Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album. A young band from Louisiana called The Pine Leaf Boys received a nomination for its second album, Blues de Musicien."]



"En provenance de Lafayette en Louisiane, les cinq jeunes poly instrumentists de Pine Leaf Boys bousculent avec un bonheur communicatif la musique Cajun et Créole."



YouTube video. Caption: "Pine Leaf Boys at the Philadelphia Folk Fest in 2007. This is the first 10 minutes of the concert."

listen to February 7, 2008 NPR Morning Edition feature]

[graphic from Pine Leaf Boys Web site.]