Roots From North Africa cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons fiddle tune ifiddle ifiddlemag old time fiddle roots from north africa Oct 22, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed and my vlog today is going to be on the North African roots that we have in Cajun and Creole music. I wanted to start off playing a little tune from Mali. I always hear so many things out of Mali that remind me of the Creole music from Lawtell, Louisiana called LaLa...

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Connecting Fiddle Cultures cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music connecting fiddle cultures fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag old time cajun Oct 15, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed and welcome to my vlog. My vlog today is on connections with the Acadian people up in Northern Maine. I’m living up here in Maine now and playing Cajun music but also studying New England fiddling and Acadian fiddling. And I learned my first Acadian tune. So thank...

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Connecting Acadian Cultures & Bois Sec Stories acadian culture bois sec cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music connecting acadian cultures & bois sec stories fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag Sep 19, 2018

Hi, I'm Mitch Reed. Welcome to my vlog and my vlog this week is on the connection that I’m making up here living in Maine with the Acadians in the Northern part of the state. So this past weekend I just went up to Caribou, Maine and Fort Kent, which is right on the New Brunswick border,...

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Segura Brothers allons cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag lafayette segura brothers Sep 05, 2018

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Alright! That was a tune by the Segura Brothers, two brothers from Delcambre, Louisiana. What was interesting about these guys is they were really some of the first guys to record on 78s, just after Allons a Lafayette was recorded in 1929. So there were two brothers. Eddie played the...

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Stories About The Lake Arthur Stomp accordion cajun accordion cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag stories about the lake arthur stomp Jun 28, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed. Welcome to my vlog. Today my vlog is on a tune called The Lake Arthur Stomp. When I started playing fiddle, I was about 14 years old and I started going to Marc Savoy’s jam on Saturday mornings and there weren’t many young fiddle players at the time. There...

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A Trip to New England a trip to new england cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag Jun 11, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed and my vlog this week is on the connection with the Acadian and the New England fiddle styles with Cajun and Creole music down here. I just recently took a trip up to Maine and hung out with some great fiddlers up there and also went to this amazing organization called...

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Tunes I’m Into This week cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag tunes i’m into this week May 06, 2018

[00:01] Alright! That was called La Valse de Prairie Ronde, a tune that I learned from listening to the recordings of Adam and Cyprien Landreneau from Mamou, Louisiana. So from the little community Prairie Ronde, not too far from there. And they sing a lot about the little communities on the...

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Playing Tunes in Third Position accordion cajun and creole blues cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music crapaud fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag playing tunes in third position third position two step two step cajun Apr 25, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed. And today my vlog is going to be on the third position on the fiddle in Cajun music. So what you find in Cajun music is a lot of times on the B parts, the fiddle would go to third position and play the B part high. Now we’re talking back in the 1920s and 1930s...

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Rare Cajun and Creole Cross-Tunes cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music cross tunes fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag rare cajun and creole cross-tunes Apr 17, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed and I’m doing a vlog. My vlog today is on rare tunes, and cross-tuning because I really feel like cross-tuning is something that we’ve lost and I want to try to keep it alive. It makes tunes sound great and, of course, it’s a fiddle thing. The accordion...

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Cajun Jigs cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun jigs cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag st. patricks day Mar 17, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed. Welcome to my vlog and today I’m going to talk a little bit about the Celtic influence or maybe even the Scotch-Irish influence in Cajun music. I do that quite often and I do love Irish music but it is St. Patrick’s Day weekend and I just thought it would be...

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Fleur de Lis cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons fleur de lis ifiddle ifiddlemag lafayette louisiana mardi gras Feb 23, 2018

Hi! Welcome to my vlog. Today I want to talk a little bit about a musician that influenced me a lot. I’m not really sure where he is. It’s kind of an interesting story. When I first started playing the fiddle, when I was about 14 so probably the late 80’s, there was a character...

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A Big Announcement a big announcement cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag Feb 17, 2018

Alright! That’s an old tune called the Lake Charles Waltz. Today on my vlog I just wanted to talk about what I’m going to be doing in the future and starting now.

A lot of people don’t know but I used to be in a band called BeauSoleil and toured with them for 11 years and I...

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