Marc Savoy is a Louisiana legend not only in Eunice but around the world. He has dedicated his life to preserving the Cajun culture through making instruments, holding jam sessions and maintaining a ...
The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band has been playing together since 1977. The band includes husband and wife Marc and Ann Savoy, on accordion and guitar respectively, and Michael Doucet of Beausoleil on ...
After more than 40 albums — mostly of Cajun music but also two gypsy jazz releases and a duets album with Linda Ronstadt — Ann Savoy has recorded her solo album debut. “Another Heart,” to be released ...
Ann Savoy says that, at first, people didn’t know what to think about her new album, “Another Heart.” “Since this was a new project and I’m primarily known as a Cajun artist, it was hard for people to ...
Throughout her career, Cajun renaissance woman Ann Savoy has championed Cleoma Breaux Falcon, who recorded the genre’s first song, “Allons à Lafayette,” with husband Joe Falcon in 1928. As time went ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - You can feel the strong Cajun tradition the moment you step inside the Savoy Music Center near the southwest Louisiana city of Eunice. The blend of strong black coffee, the savory ...
There’s never been a recording quite like this one. Three highly accomplished Cajun revivalists—each representing a successive generation, each a musical pioneer, and each a highly respected ...
If you want to hear Cajun music by the best, don’t miss singer and accordion player Jesse Lége and fiddler Joel Savoy. “The great Cajun singers have this quality to their voice that pierces your soul ...