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Read ^ Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music PDF by ^ Blair Kilpatrick eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music She returned home to Chicago with unlikely new passions for Cajun music and its defining instrument, the accordion. An unexpected family move brought her to the San Francisco Bay Area, home to the largest Cajun-zydeco music scene outside the Gulf Coast. Kilpatrick's obsession took her from Chicago's Cajun dance scene to a folk music camp in West Virginia, back and forth to south Louisiana, and even to a Cajun festival in France. Blair Kilpatrick has an independent practice in psychotherapy in th
| Title | : | Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (746 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 160473101X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-12 |
| Language | : | English |
glenmichael said Heartfelt, Revealing, Engaging and Lovingly Written. For anyone unfamiliar with Cajun or Creole music, Blair Kilpatrick's autobiographical journey into the world of Cajun-Creole music via the diatonic accordion begs the question : why should something so anecdotal possibly appeal to a wider public, going beyond restricted circles of Cajun Creole music and accordion fanatics ?Maybe because this shared personal and heartfelt autobiographical account may help reveal better how we the readers relate to and act upon our own passions. Obsession, Passion, and Transformation make for Delightful Accordion Dreams I was lured into Blair Kilpatrick's memoir, Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music, the moment I saw the charming cover depicting a happy little girl holding her accordion, although I was surprisingly unprepared for the extent of the adventure she'd lead me on in this extraordinary musical memoir.Before I even opened the book, a small voice in the recesses of my mind encouraged me to find my BeauSoleil album, Bayou Cadillac, which I hadn't listened to for age. RoeDudster said Great Read!. I purchased this book at one of the last author lunch forum's at Stacey's bookstore in San Francisco. (It has closed due to the economy). Blair read a portion of her book, then her and her husband played a couple of songs. It was very entertaining.The book itself was better than I expected. It is a very personnel story about learning to play the accordion, life, love, relationships and family. Plus music and Louisiana! The story gives a very good description of how a musician
Blair represents many working people who make music for serious fun. Bernard, author of Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues and The Cajuns: Americanization of a People. "Blair Kilpatrick's Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music makes an important contribution to Louisiana Cajun and zydeco music and culture. Her book is a great compliment to the Cajun and Creole people, and it provides a rare glimpse into the lives of those who play Cajun and Creole music even while residing far from the music's semitropical homeland."—Shane K. It is a detailed guidebook for those who have been standing on the edge of the dance floor waiting for a solid partner to lead them through the Cajun Two Step and into the culture. She deftly reveals the history of the music and its lineage of musicians in a simple, no-nonsense style of writing. Accordion Dreams will resonate
She returned home to Chicago with unlikely new passions for Cajun music and its defining instrument, the accordion. An unexpected family move brought her to the San Francisco Bay Area, home to the largest Cajun-zydeco music scene outside the Gulf Coast. Kilpatrick's obsession took her from Chicago's Cajun dance scene to a folk music camp in West Virginia, back and forth to south Louisiana, and even to a Cajun festival in France. Blair Kilpatrick has an independent practice in psychotherapy in the San Francisco Bay Area. By age thirty-nine, Blair Kilpatrick had settled into life as a practicing psychologist, wife, and mother. Engaging, uplifting, and illuminating a unique patch of the American cultural landscape, Accordion Dreams is Kilpatrick's account of the possibility of passion, risk-taking, and change--at any age. Yet she was not a musician, was too self-conscious to dance, and didn't even sing in the shower. She also performs and records with Sauce Piquante, a traditional Cajun-Creole band she founded in the late 1990s. Then a chance encounter in New Orleans turned her world upside down. Learn more at blairkilpatrick. Captivated by recurring dreams of playing the Cajun accordion, she set out to master it. There she became a protégé of renowned accordionist Danny Poullard, a Louisiana-bor
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