Online stores that feature the musical styles of Louisiana including:
- Cajun - music of the Acadians, French settlers driven from Nova Scotia in 1699 who settled in southwest Louisiana blending cultures with Spanish, Haitians, Germans, English, and Native Americans. Originally fiddle-based, the accordian, introduced by the Germans, is more often used today.
- New Orleans R&B - piano- and horn-driven blues with Caribbean rhythms.
- New Orleans/Dixieland jazz - early jazz, usually small group improvisation. Originally, during the early 1900's, the music of the black working class, played for parades, dances, and funerals.
- Swamp pop - music that originated as the Cajuns and Creoles began to adopt popular music styles in the 1950's.
- Zydeco - dance music of the Creoles, free French-speaking blacks who settled in southwest Louisiana. It is a mix of cajun, R&B, and soul often played on accordian, horns, bass, and sometimes keyboards.
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- Mardi Gras Records Specializing in New Orleans jazz, Cajun, zydeco, blues and gospel music. Mardi Gras videos and collectibles. Audio samples.
- Louie's Juke Joint Music Shop Modern and traditional Cajun, zydeco, swamp pop, New Orleans blues and jazz, Mardi Gras, and voodoo CDs, autographs, t-shirts, posters, books, and videos. MP3 jukebox and audio samples.
- Louisiana Music Factory Traditional and contemporary regional music, music books, t-shirts, and videos. Audio samples, news, video clips, and links.
- Smoky's French Market Store Louisiana and New Orleans music CDs including Cajun, zydeco, Second Line and Dixieland jazz, gospel, and blues, harmonicas and Smoky's beginning harmonica course, Cajun spoons, whistles, and t-shirts.
- Flat Town Music Company Specializing in Cajun, zydeco, and swamp pop. CDs, cassettes, and books.