Mary Jane Broussard is believed to be the only female Creole-style accordionist of professional status. She hails from a musical family hotbed that includes the Ardoins on one side and the Franks on the other. Despite such a pedigree, it wasn’t until she became a young mother that she taught herself to play accordion, modeling [...]
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Sean and Secrets
October 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
In the world of zydeco, being able to trace one’s lineage to Amédé and Bois Sec Ardoin is a little like having relatives in Windsor Castle while you keep an address in the shire. The old timers watched the precocious boy drumming at age four. It had to be in their minds that this one [...]
