Listen to some of the sample tracks below to help you choose a style for your event.
Zydeco music is a gumbo concocted from Cajun/Acadian music, Afro-Caribbean rhythms and melodies, and blues hailing primarily from the Southwest region of Louisiana. High energy songs are led by rocking accordion with washboard as part of the percussion section.
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas
Zydeco songs can range from French Acadiana tunes to lively cover songs with that special accordion and washboard flavor that makes you feel like you are dancing in the swamplands of New Orleans.
Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr.
Cajun Music is derived from French Acadiana and is a way of life in the swamplands of Southwest Louisiana. Audiences love to “two-step” to Cajun music. The bands are usually led by accordion and fiddle, and many sing in Cajun French, which is unique to the Cajun culture of Louisiana.