Celebrating musical roots

By News Staff on Thursday, September 26, 2024
CFMA gifts Cajun and Creole Music Makers to library
  • Ben Fontenot (left) and Greg Brown present a copy of Cajun and Creole Music Makers to the Basile branch of the Evangeline Parish Library.
    Ben Fontenot (left) and Greg Brown present a copy of Cajun and Creole Music Makers to the Basile branch of the Evangeline Parish Library.

    By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor The Acadiana Charter Chapter of the Cajun French Music Association (CFMA) recently made a heartfelt contribution to the Basile branch of the Evangeline Parish Library, donating a copy of Cajun and Creole Music Makers (1999), a celebrated book that chronicles the legacy of Cajun and Creole music in Louisiana. The book, originally published in 1984 under the title C…