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Other sites (links)

Here you will find a number of "Country / Cajun Sites", in random order.
We are fully open to nice suggestions !

(Click here for old and / or "broken links".)

	Des Fais Do-Do from Enschede (Holland) visited Louisiana and they performed there with D.L. Menard, (La porte d'en arrière), Eddy Le Jeune (son of) and they played in "Heritage des Cajuns"; A "live" radio program in the Liberty Theatre in Eunice.
	Blue Wire is a quintet, originated in Belgium, playing "Americana".
	Zydeco Fever play the Zydeco Music straight from their heart ! Be aware the gigs are not just fun to watch, but you'll have to dance to their: " HOT ACCORDION SWAMP " !!!
	The Country Outback, the (Dutch) home of Countrynet International with photos and information about instruments, performances, fanclubs and artists.
The GumTree Country site	made by Peter van der Wende, has a lot of information about Countrymusic, Country Dances & Countrycooking in the Benelux.
	The "Country Gazette" is thè magazine for "Country News" in Belgium and Holland.
ClubNashville.com	Many very useful links to bands, radio-stations and many more !
	RU Bluegrass Club has a page with lyrics and guitar music. - Lyrics to traditional and bluegrass songs. - Chords and lyrics to traditional and bluegrass songs. - Guitar Tabs to traditional and bluegrass songs.
	Willem Versloot's site really has a lot of information about Cajun en Zydeco; Live music in .mp3 format, many photos, articles about culture, history, musical instruments, bands, reviews of concerts and festivals, and lyrics.
	Motoya Kitagawa's home page (Bluegrass Songbook) "for his own use". Still there are many lyrics to be found ! Might come in handy ?
	Country-Music-Club is a nice Country-music search-engine.
	Nancy Tabb Marcantel's site is nice to visit, and has some interesting Cajun-links !
	The pages on Jerry Douglas naturally provide information on Jerry, but there also is a lot of "technical information" about maintenance and repair of guitars, dobros and steel guitars. Here you can find a link to the pages of practically every guitar brand !
	Zydamax a real Zydeco-band from Texas !
	Rounder provides an overall picture of "well-known" bluegrass / old time / Country artists in America. You will also find a concert-review (for America).
	Balfa Toujours is a traditional Cajun band from Southwest Louisiana, whose goal it is to carry on in the footsteps of their mentors; the Balfa Brothers. Led by Christine Balfa, the daughter of the great Cajun fiddler and ambassador Dewey Balfa, they play the traditional music that has been handed down in their family for generations.
Country Interviews	A new site, nice to take a look.
	The Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band mixes traditional Louisiana French music with original Cajun and Zydeco material. Both New Orleans natives and tourists alike catch Bruce and his band at the legendary Tipitina's for the Sunday-evening "fais do do".
	"Allez Mama" is a Dutch group, playing music inspirated by the music of South-West Louisiana & New Orleans and combine the Zydeco-music with Funk, Soul and Rap & Roll. Their songs are mainly in Dutch and sometimes in French.
	DCMA (Dutch Country Music Association) lets you know what goes on in the "Country Music scene" in Holland (the Netherlands). It's an organization of interest to everyone who feels a commitment to Country music in Holland. The main purpose of the DCMA is the promotion of Country music in Holland. Best-known event is of course: The "Dutch Country Music Awards Gala".
	Music Website Directory; a "general" list of "Music Links".
	i bluegrass; a really extensive list of bluegrass links.
	Boek 'n Band (Dutch Language) a nice site; artists / bands, assorted by style.
The Bayou Mosquitos	The Bayou Mosquitos play music from the South of the United States, in particular the cultural treasures of Louisiana and Texas, where the accordion plays an important role; Rhythm & Blues, Cajun, Zydeco and Tex Mex music are the ingredients for the musical "gumbo" of the group.
	Jeroen Nijhof; a site with an incredible amount of information about accordions / accordion-players from all over the world, with more than 1000 (!) "accordion-links".....
	Accordiana too, is a site with really a lot of info on accordions and accordion-players.
Cochon Bleu	A Dutch Cajun Band from Groningen.
	Cybergrass new bluegrass links ->> so: links - links - links !
Swamp	Is a band from Amsterdam & Groningen. Their music has been inspired by the music from the swamps of Louisiana (Zydeco, Cajun) and from Amerika (Tex-Mex).

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