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From: link@soup.ssl.berkeley.edu (Richard Link)
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Subject: Re: That Damn Canadian Band List !
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In article <1990Jan17.163533.27494@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> golchowy@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:
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>>The February 1990 issue of CD Review claims that Daniel Lanois' album
>>is *Cajun* music.
>
>Lanois is from Hamilton, and has Acadian roots I think. I may be
>in error, but the Cajun's down in Lousiana are Acadians...the
>Acadians who were forced(?) to leave Canada and settled in the
>South.  So Acadian music and Cajun music are intimately related.

Yes, I know the history of Cajuns. What I meant was, I think that most
French Canadians would be surprised having their music classified as
Cajun. Perhaps there is a historical link, but several centuries of
separation have resulted in unique musical styles.

Richard Link
Space Sciences Laboratory