A Cajun Fiddle Tune to Get Your Audience Dancing
This smooth, rhythmic arrangement draws on a variety of influences
Michael Doucet is among the contemporary Cajun fiddlers to record ‘Grand Mamou.’
photo: Kenneth Cooke
“Grand Mamou” is a tune from the great tradition of Louisiana Acadian dance music, which draws on French, German, and African-American influences. At a Cajun “bal” (dance) or at a house jam session, the fiddler is the rhythmic engine behind the ...
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