re: Kouri-Vini: The return of the US' lost language

There is a difference between Zydeco and Cajun Music. Zydeco is a form of Cajun music played by creoles. It sounds different than the Cajun music played by primarily white French descendants. Cajun music is more waltzing sounding, slower more methodical. Zydeco is far more fast, upbeat and has African influences. Main difference is the use of the washboard in Zydeco. Or at least that is what I learned growing up in South Louisiana.

Every Saturday and Sunday morning from in the 70s and 80s the local country station would play Cajun music from like 4 to 6 am. My grandfather would blast it at the hunting camp to wake up. There was never any Zydeco played, not because of the African influences, but just because it was not considered music of the Acadians.

Zydeco is a development of French speaking former slaves in Louisiana that heard the music of the Acadians and adopted it for their own and put their twist on it. Mainly more upbeat with African influences.