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Articles Published Dec 16, 2002

• - And the Survey Sez.................
• - Let's Hit Some Home Runs
• - 2nd International Cajun & Zydeco Festival in Germany
• - "The Language of New Orleans"
• - Cajun and Zydeco Christmas Song Index
• - UK's Gloucester Festival Announces Plans
• - Des Fais Do-Do, "Eddie's Tire Service"
• - 6th Annual Carrier Zydeco Festival on the 28th
• - Dusseldorf Trip
• - Zydeco Cruise™ 2002 -- Photo/Story Display
• - Photo Humor

Articles Published Nov 27, 2002

• - I Fought the Lawmans and the Lawmans Won
• - Australian Zydeco Band Will "Take You Everywhere"
• - Know Which Business You Are In
• - Eagles Hall - The Shirt
• - Cedryl Ballou is the One to be Watched
• - Toronto's Winterfest (February 7-9)
• - Dwayne Dopsie's WEB Site Coming On Line
• - Swamp Pop Reviews
         "Pure Swamp Pop Gold Vol. 1"
         "Swamp Gold Volume 7"
         The Sensations, "Boogie On The Bayou"
• - Favorite Festivals

Articles Published Nov 13, 2002

(Not to be posted here until approximately Dec 13, 2002)

• - Zydeco Cruise™ 2002 -- Happy Talk
• - Dance Vortex VII -- A Delicious Dance Camp Smorgasbord
• - Gator By The Bay, San Diego's CZ Gala
• - Cajun/Zydeco Reverie -- A Poem
• - Magic On The Mountain
• - Dancing in the Park
• - Mojo & The Bayou Gypsies Rock the House for a Great Cause
• - Saturday Night Zydeco on Long Island: Rubbing People the Right Way

Articles Published Oct 24, 2002

• - Tom Rigney at the Bodega Bay Oyster Festival in Bodega Bay
• - Lisa Haley's "Talking To The Sun"
• - Festivals Acadiens
• - Toe Nail Trauma
• - MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies -- Rocked Til We Dropped!
• - Vic Sadot Interviewed by French Radio about Planète Folle Band
• - Canadian Report of New Orleans Swamp Fest
• - On the Oregon (CZ) Trail
• - "Homestay" Program in Oregon for CZ Dancers
• - The King's Things - Clifton Chenier's personal items are up for sale - right down to his prosthetic leg

Articles Published Oct 9, 2002

• - Almost Perfect! - San Diego's Gator By The Bay
• - A Night to Remember at Eagles Hall
• - Rolling On The River
• - "Yeah, You Right" -- T-shirt
• - It's Time To Spread the Word
• - Marc's Festivals Acadiens Photo Display
• - Rosie Ledet, "Show Me Something"

Articles Published Sep 20, 2002

• - Zydeco Cruise™ 2002 About To Set Sail
• - Dancing in the Wine Country
• - Plaisance Dance Contest Winners
• - Let Zydeco Evolve!
• - New Chicagoland Cajun/Zydeco Schedule
• - Focal Point Brings the Savoy Family Cajun Band to the Schlafly Tap Room
• - Save Internet Radio: Act Now!- Pending U.S. Legislation to End Cajun/Zydeco Radio
• - Stolen Equipment
• - Vermilion River Festival Announced
• - Dancing Your Passion: On Love and Obsession
• - Blue Runners - "Le Grand Bleu"
• - Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys - "Au Coup D'éclair (At The Strike Of Lightening)"
• - Amanda Shaw - "Little Black Dog"
• - River City Slim and the Zydeco Hogs - "Big Fun On The Hog Farm"

Articles Published Sep 6, 2002

• - The 2nd Louisiana Film Festival
• - Sierra Swing Camp
• - CD Sampler From Tomorrow Recordings
• - CZ Radio Show in Bridgeport Connecticut
• - Chronic Ankle Instability
• - Nooney Floats on at The Eagles Hall
• - Sussex County Fairgrounds: The New Venue for Michael Arnone's Annual Crawfish Fest
• - Good News!
• - Rhythm & Roots 2002 - The Best Ever
• - Halloween Zydeco Boogaloo
• - The Adventures of VortexMan

Articles Published Aug 20, 2002

• - French Cajun Zydeco Festival -- "Le meilleur encore"
• - 'Zydeco Brother' Joins Poncho Chavis
• - What's Up Chicago -- II
• - Sensible Silliness
• - Grassroots Festival -- New York
• - Zydeco Bon! - "Rhythm Of Da Zydeco"
• - Beau Jocque - "My Name Is Beau Jocque"

Articles Published Aug 9, 2002

• - Raamsdonksveer CZ Festival 2002 Photos
• - What's Up Chicago? Don't You Toddle Anymore?
• - Dancing Zydeco in the UK with the Zyderythmics
• - Walter Mouton - A Plea for a CD
• - Plantar Warts and Little Rubber Baby Pools?
• - It's About Time -- Andre Thierry's Coming To Michigan!
• - The Ole Tymers Cajun Band
• - EZ CZ ZydE-Zine Research
• - "Jesse Legé and the Southern Ramblers"
• - Morris and Dexter Ardoin Band "Louisiana ­ Cajun Creole Music"

Articles Published Jul 23, 2002

• - Sean Vidrine and Swampfyre Ignite Six Flags Festival on Their Northeast Debut
• - 2nd Louisiana Film Festival August 1 - 4, 2002
• - Des Fais Do-Do Has Some Cajun Music Samples For You
• - Taking Control of Our Future
• - Hackberry Ramblers Honored with NEA National Heritage Fellowship
• - Jesse Legé & Edward Poullard and The All Star Cajun Band, "Live! At the Isleton Crawdad Festival"
• - "Evangeline Made ­ a Tribute to Cajun Music"
• - The Blues Box Bayou Band, "Big Fun"

Articles Published Jul 10, 2002

• - Hammer Toes
• - Visiting Zydeco Dance Instructors Wanted in London
• - Buffalo Jambalaya 2002
• - Ann Savoy on NPR -- You Can Hear It Now
• - Future of Zydeco
• - Where's Chavis
• - Zydeco Activist
• - Rubbing Zydeco - The Right Way
• - BeauSoleil The Best of the Crawfish Years 1985-1991 Rounder Records
• - Duane Schurb and Friends - "Let's Talk About Memories"
• - Klez The Virus That Won't Die?

Articles Published Jun 27, 2002

(Not to be posted here until approximately Jul 27, 2002)

• - Aubrey Fontenot Passes
• - The Long Beach Bayou Festival (June 22-23, 2002)
• - Zydeco Festival Trail Ride Stew
• - Something New "A Film in the Making"
• - You Can Hear the Future of Zydeco Music TODAY!
• - Personal Snapshots of the 10th Annual Raamsdonksveer, Holland Cajun/Zydeco Festival
• - Duane Schurb and Friends - "Let's Talk About Memories"
• - Choupique - "Moi Je Connais Pas (Me I Don't Know)"
• - Howard Noel Jr. & Cajun Boogie - "Still A Cajun At Heart"
• - The Great Isleton Crawdad Festival 2002 Post Review

Articles Published June 15, 2002

• - 10th Year for Holland's Cajun Zydeco Festival
• - Raamsdonksveer Festival Notes
• - Organizing Slow Jams for Cajun Music
• - Zydeco Extravaganza A Big Let Down
• - Death by Zydeco in Acadiana North
• - 7th Annual John Delafose Memorial Day Dance
• - Terry Tintorri of Acadiana Passes
• - Cajun Music & Dance at Stone Hill Winery July 12-14, 2002
• - Stealing Zydeco Treasures
• - Taste Louisiana Festival
• - Ya Ya = Ho Hum
• - Ya Ya Music
• - From Andréa's Travels

Articles Published May 30, 2002

• - Simi Valley CZ Festival Memorial Day Weekend
• - 13th Annual Accordion Kings in Houston TX
• - 9th Cajun & Zydeco Music & Film Festival in Saulieu, France, 1 to 5 August 2002
• - New Radio Show in Michigan
• - 2002 Fort Lauderdale Cajun-Zydeco Festival Photo Essay
• - Heel Fissures
• - HollowFest -- NY
• - "Evangeline Made" at the House of Blues' Green Room
• - CZ Touring with Andréa
• - Frozen Strawberry
• - Hotels and Bed and Breakfast for the Saulieu, France CZ Festival

• - Ft. Lauderdale Cajun Zydeco Crawfish Festival -- Nothing Could Be Finer
• - Comments re the Branson MO Cajun Zydeco Festival
• - City Stages in Birmingham - May 17-19
• - Buckwheat Zydeco and Eddi Raven Video
• - Cajun Dance Halls / Midtown Music Festival / French Quarter Festival
• - The Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival
• - Mojo & The Bayou Gypsies - "Rock The House Tonight!"

Articles Published May 1, 2002

• Give Heel Spurs the Boot -- Pardner!
• Cajun Dance Establishments - Updated
• Buckwheat Zydeco Wins Emmy
• Cajun Company (Netherlands) CD Available
• "The Red Stick Ramblers"
• Don Rich - "Throw Away The Key"
• Fair to Middlin' - "Turn Your Radio On"
• Travels in Louisiana and Florida: Week One- Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week
• A Trick to Keep from Spreading E-mail Worms
• Festivals Galore!

Articles Published April 11, 2002

• - Saulieu Cajun/Zydeco Nights Firms Line-up and Adds Additional Event
• - Cajun Café Crawfish Festival Huge Success
• - Buffalo Jambalaya 2002, Here I Come
• - Likes Zydeco Jamm Festival
• - Cajun Foods, Sights, Sounds at Lincoln's Lancaster Center
• - New C/Z Message Board
• - Lesa Cormier/August Broussard and The Sundown Playboys - "Les Mémoire du Passé"
• - Cajun/Zydeco at JazzFest 2002 -- April 26-May 5
• - Rock 'n' Bowl Schedule During JazzFest Period
• - The Basin Brothers - "Deux Violons"
• - Eddy Raven and Buckwheat Zydeco - “New Orleans Is A Mighty Good Town”

Articles Published March 25, 2002

• - Aboard the Louisiana Bus Trip to Ft. Lauderdale Festival
• - Leroy Thomas - "Somebody's Lookin' For Ya"
• - Hackberry Ramblers Spring Into 2002!
• - Planet Zydeco - Out of This World!
• - Harry 'Big Daddy" Hypolite - "Louisiana Country Boy"
• - Cajun Fans Can Win Trip To New Orleans
• - "Ultimate Zydeco"
• - Fiddlers' Championship
• - Iron Horse Trail Ride
• - Beau Jocque - "The Best of Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers"
• - Zydeco by Dance Machine?

Articles Published March 9, 2002

• - Sheryl Cormier To Be Honored As A “Living Legend”
• - "50 GREATEST BARS (Our Humble Opinion)"
• - Creole Music Has Lost a Legend
• - Calvin Carrieré Passes
• - Eddy Raven and Buckwheat Zydeco Together for a Single CD
• - Zydeco at Java Lanes: A Short History
• - Buckwheat Zydeco and Sean Ardoin nominated for Big Easy Awards
• - Dancing Your Passion: On Love and Obsession
• - Cajun Humor Gang - "Cajun Humor Fest"
• - Lesa Cormier/August Broussard and the Sundown Playboys -
• "Les Mémoìre de Passé"
• - Cajun Zydeco Photo Humor Continues

• - Ft. Lauderdale Crawfish Festival Stage Schedule
• - Didn't Go To Mardi Gras?
• - Jolie Blonde Gone Gold
• - Sonny Landreth Articles
• - Support for Our Music and Radio Stations
• - Fourth Annual Bama Bayou Boogie - March 16-17
• - Amanda Shaw - "Little Black Dog"
• - The Creole Zydeco Farmers - "One More Time"
• - Pott Folse - "Sitting On The Front Porch"

Articles Published February 4, 2002

• - Jeremy & The Zydeco Hot Boyz: "Move Your Feet Ya'll"
• - What D'e Sing?
• - BeauSoleil in Tucson, Arizona
• - Buckwheat Zydeco is Keeping Cool Company for Mardi Gras
• - Raamsdonksveer to Feature Keith Frank, Hackberry Ramblers and Lisa Haley from the USA
• - Organizing Trip to Holland for the Raamsdonksveer Festival
• - Acadiana Ramblers Groupie and an AcadiA Legionnaire !!!
• - Smithsonian Acquires Frottoir!
• - Jerry Dugas, the Dean of French-language Broadcasting in America, Retires
• - Contributor Sez Oops
• - Wanted: US Bands for UK's Bury Festival
• - Zydeco of South East Texas
• - Thoughts on The Medicine Show Having Completed its 5th Year
• - AOL Comments

Articles Published January 20, 2002

• - And for the Younger Set...
• - Zydeco Cruise™ 2002 Flash
• - Check Out the Zydeco - "Zydeco Frog"
• - "Bal Rann Zariko" of Rodrigues and "Kanmtole" of the Seychelles
• - 2002 Zydeco/Cajun Calendar
• - Michael Alexander Bass Player in Accident
• - The Great Augusta Festival Concert
• - What is Fat Tuesday?
• - Soul Bag's "The Zydeco Ladies"
• - The Bon Ton Relay Group Holiday SWLA Tour
• - Dikki Du and Zydeco Crew - "Make It Funky"
• - C. J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band - "Step It Up!"

Articles Published January 5, 2002

• - Cajun Orchestra Says Goodbye on a High Note
• - Favorite CDs of 2001 (THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM)
• - Live KRVS Show Plus Jamming at Hamilton's
• - Hall-Reed-Vidrine-Murray-Cajun Band
• - Blowin' it Out on New Year's at Eagles Hall
• - Three Reviews by Dan Willging
        * Jay Cormier & Cajun Country - "Deux Vies Pour Te Donner (Two Live to Give You)"
        * Duane Schurb and Friends - "Let's Talk About Memories "
        * J. Paul Jr. & the Zydeco NuBreedz - "Who Do You Love? "
• - CZ Videos on Your Computer
• - Two Reviews by Dale "Le Blanc" Johnson
        * Zydeco Force, "You Mean the World to Me"
        * Bonne Musique Zydeco, "Gumbo Mix"
• - Thank You From the Zydeco Cruise Lady
• - 2001 Year in Review
• - New Search Engine for Seven Years of ZydE-Zine Back Issues
• - Is Your E-Mail Being Bounced?

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