Louisiana Swamp Stomp Music Series Aims to Keep Tradition of Cajun Music Alive
July 15, 2021
Louisiana tradition contains remarkable culture that is important to conserve. One aspect, Cajun music, has been a staple of the south for generations. The Louisiana Swamp Stomp Music Series presented by the Cajun Music Preservation Society aims to provide high-energy traditional Cajun bands at various locations to keep the tradition of Cajun music alive.
It was recently announced that the Louisiana Swamp Stomp Festival was converted to the Louisiana Swamp Stomp Music Series. The festival brought traditional dance-hall style Cajun music to the region for many years. After the festival’s end, the Cajun Music Preservation Society felt that the region would benefit from traditional Cajun music throughout the year instead of a one-day festival in the Fall. The switch will provide high-energy traditional Cajun bands throughout the year at various locations and established festivals in t
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After Ann Allen heard Cajun music, her love for the French language entwined with a passion for the traditional music of southwestern Louisiana. That dual fascination bloomed further during the Richmonder’s trip to the 1976 National Folk Festival at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. Meeting a group of Cajun musicians there playing under a tree, she found all of them intriguing, but noticed the handsome accordion player most of all. He noticed the radiant young woman from Richmond, too.
A year later, Allen married Marc Savoy at a fall foliage-draped wedding in her mother’s West End backyard. After the ceremony, they drove her blue VW Beetle to Eunice, his Louisiana hometown, and made a home together in the Cajun heartland. The musically prolific life Ann Allen Savoy has lived since includes performances throughout the world, many recordings and four Grammy nominations.