Special Thanks
AARP Prime Time Radio is the distributor for Zydeco Nation. Fiscal sponsorship is provided by Deep Springs College and the International Documentary Association. This project was made possible with support from Cal Humanities, an independent non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org.
Listen on the Cape
Friends in Cape Cod: our documentary will air tomorrow (Sunday, March 10) just after 7 p.m. on the community radio station WOMR 92.1 FM in Provincetown, which has a second transmitter at WFMR 91.3 FM in Orleans. It will be broadcast by Sam Holmstock on his show "The Gulf Coast and Beyond." If you're not near the Cape, listen online here.
Zydeco on Cape Cod radio
If you look at our web site, you'll see we have listed radio stations around the country with dedicated zydeco shows. The list includes stations in Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia. We've just learned of a new show: percussionist Sam Holmstock's "The Gulf Coast and Beyond," which airs every second Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m. on the non-profit community station WOMR 92.1 FM in Provincetown, Massachusetts, along with WFMR 91.3 FM in nearby Orleans. The show is mostly zydeco, with a bit...
Zydeco’s future
The future zydeco washboard players of Northern California perform with Andre Thierry at the Marin County Fair July 4. Thierry worked with these children under the auspices of the Performing Stars of Marin "Blues in the Schools" program. "In Marin County, the average family income is $100,000 yet there are children who live in isolated and segregated communities where poverty is concentrated and their average family income is $18,000," the organization notes. "The Performing Stars Music Program offers scholarships for families who cannot afford to...
What is a Creole? A view from Louisiana
During our research for Zydeco Nation, we repeatedly ran into this question: What does it mean to be Creole? The Louisiana-born zydeco dancers and musicians whom we interviewed had very different responses, as you'll hear in the montage at 4:41 mark in our documentary. Two examples from this segment: Betty LeBlanc: "It's a mixture of nationalities, the Creole people are. And they are the type of people that's very close. And if you think you could get in it, you better give it your best...
Andre heads south
Andre Thierry, the smokin' young accordionist from Richmond, California who is featured in our documentary, is about to go on a two-week tour of Louisiana and Texas. If you're around Houston/Baytown, San Antonio, Lake Charles, or Lafayette/Mamou, be sure to catch him: http://andrethierry.com/schedule/. If you're in the Bay Area, you have three chances to catch him before he leaves: tomorrow (Friday) at Eagles Hall in Alameda; Saturday at the 23 Club in Brisbane; and Wednesday at Blondie's in San Francisco. His Bay Area gigs are...
