A New Year And Retrospective Thoughts

Can you believe it's been 8 years since the blog began?  A project, one that was started to collectively place the obscure history of this beautiful music in one place, has grown immensely.  It moved from a personal repository of songs, lyrics and history to a website that people around the world have contributed to and helped inspire.  It has allowed musical families to share their history with others, allowed me to meet some wonderful people along the way, and acquire long lost information about some of the most crucial components in our culture's history.  This site has helped fill in the gaps and provide a more complete picture of how the music started and evolved. 

Continuing on into 2022, the density and frequency of the articles will change, however, the energy and passion about early Cajun music remains. This blog project has spawned future ideas for other projects, some too amazing to ignore. As we sit back and pour through everything, hopefully soon, more interactive things come about.  

The biggest hope is that it has helped others continue their research journey by chasing after the source material that has driven much of this, and encouraged others to get immersed into the early Cajun music history like never before.   There's plenty more songs to cover and you are encouraged to pick up where this blog leaves off by reading through some of the great sources provided in each article. 

After 8 years, I'm pleasantly surprised in the overall interest I've received and excited so many that have reached out to help guide the project.  If you have anything to contribute, as always, feel free.  Bonne année et allons écouter!