The Jeanerette Bicentennial Museum presents “A Journey through the History of Cajun Music” at 6 p.m. tonight at the Jeanerette Museum located
at 500 E. Main St. in Jeanerette.
The event will incorporate archival recordings from the
University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s Center for Louisiana Studies’ Archive of
Cajun and Creole Folklore and include a live performance. Chris
Segura and Michael Martin will discuss the history of Cajun music from the
earliest examples to the most recent innovations.
Segura is an archivist at
UL and is a founding member of Grammy-nominated Feufollet as well as a member
of the Lafayette Rhythm Devils. He has recorded 10 albums with his two
bands, plus produced five albums composed of archive material for Festivals
Acadiens et Creoles.
Martin is director of the
Center for Louisiana Studies and holds the Cheryl Courrégé Burguières/Board of
Regents Professorship in History at UL. His publications include “Russell Long:
A Life in Politics,” “Louisiana Legacies: Readings in the History of the
Pelican State” (as co-editor), “Louisiana Beyond Black and White: Recent
Interpretations of Twentieth-Century Race and Race Relations” (as editor) and “Historic
Lafayette.” Martin is managing editor of the journal “Louisiana History,”
published quarterly by the Louisiana Historical Association
The event is free at the
Jeanerette Museum, 500 E. Main St. in Jeanerette. For more information,
visit JeaneretteMuseum.com.
Cheré Coen is the author of “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom
Town History,” “Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana” and “Exploring Cajun Country: A
Historic Guide to Acadiana” and co-author of “Magic’s in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and
Sachets.” Write her at cherecoen@gmail.com.
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