In this night you can listen to a selection of Cajun, Zydeco and Blues music. Cajun and Zydeco are related to the blues which goes back to the 18th century and originated from a mix of Cajun folk music and the music of the coloured population in the French speaking part of Louisiana in the United States. Cajun music is sung in Cajun French; the original composition of the instruments was violin, accordion and the triangle.
Les Chat Cadiens.
Cajun and Zydeco from Delft inspired by the Cajun blues of Clifton Chenier (1925-1987). The band arranges traditional songs and write their own songs varying from Cajun, Zydeco, Mississippi guitar blues, Americana and Texmex. In June 2004 singer Henk de Kat (former member of La Blusa) was declared best Zydeco accordion player in Europe by the audience during the twelfth edition of the Cajun & Zydeco festival in Raamsdonksveer and he received the first European Cajun & Zydeco Award.
CD: French Accordion Blue by Les Chats Cadiens. Label: Zaricots Records (2007), code: ZR-01. Website – Video
Cajun & Zydeco Festival from 1998.
On this CD studio recordings of 10 of the most favourite bands of Cajun and Creole music from Louisiana. They have made this CD very festive and it is very danceable.
CD: Cajun & Zydeco Festival.
Label: Rounder Records (1998), code : ED-CD-7067.
Website – Video.
Swamp.
Swamp is a Dutch band which developed itself into one of the most prominent European bands in terms of a fully own interpretation and mix of Cajun, Zydeco, Tex Mex and other related music styles.
CD: Mes Amis van Swamp. Label: Swamp (2010), code: Bayou 004.
Website – Video
Cochon Blue.
The northern Dutch band Cochon Bleu belongs in the ranks of Cajun and Zydeco bands which can be found in the Netherlands. They try not to sound like a real Louisiana band but only use the influences in their own music. The result is very danceable music with a personal touch. Many own compositions (almost all in Cajun French) varied with traditional songs.
CD: Eau van Cochon Blue. Label: Music & Words / ICUB4T (2003), code CUB-8028. Website – Video
Louisiana is praised everywhere as the home of jazz but is also the home of many other styles like blues, gospel, rock and roll, Cajun and Zydeco. The state Louisiana is a cultural and dynamic mix of native inhabitants and French, Spanish, English, German, Acadian, African and many more settlers.
CD: Louisiana a state of musical giants.
Label: The Rough guide to the Music of Louisiana (2002), code: RGNET 1094 CD. Video
Des Fais Do-Do exist of six Dutch musicians who lost their hearts to traditional music from the southern regions of the United States. The very catching repertoire exicts of cajun, bluegrass and related styles, often described as Americana. Razor-sharp monophonic and polyphonic songs are performed while you can dance, waltz, jig and jump during the faster songs. CD: Eddie’s Tire Service van Des Fais Do-Do. Label:Silvox / Coast to coast (2002), code: sil-076. Website – Video 
Alphonse Ardoin was born in 1915. As a child he had the nickname Bois Sec ("dry wood") because he had the reputation to be the first to take shelter in the cotton fields when it suddenly began to rain.
Alphonse Ardoin chose his intrument early on: the button accordion, a traditional instrument in his family. But music stayed on the sideline until the fourties. In those days he started to play regularly at dance parties and on the radio. In 1966 he was on the programme of the prestigious “Newport Folk Festival”. On his way home of the festival he stopped for the recording of his first album in Virginia: "Les Blues du Bayou" and it was a great success. After a successfull carreer Alphonse Ardoin died at the age of 91 in 2007. CD: Allons Danser of Boius Sec Ardoin. Label: Rounder (1995), code : CD-6061.
Website – Video – Persbericht 
The Cajun Company is inspired by musicians like Bois Sec Ardoin and Eddie LeJeune. They play traditional Cajun on acoustic instruments like the violin, guitar, accordion and triangle. In 2004 the band won three “European Cajun & Zydeco Awards”, and in 2008 two: one for Pauline Groenendijk and one for the album La Prairie Ronde. CD: La Prairie Ronde by The Cajun Company. Label: Deletone Music Company (2007), code: DMCD-0763. Website – Video
