What evidence is there(apart from wishful thinking) that cajun music is "Celtic"? I have heard a great deal of traditional Breton music recordings, and a huge amount of early cajun stuff, and it seems to me the musical evidence isnt really there. So what historical evidence do we have that the cajun families were originally from a mainly Breton background? Now, I know the most famous cajun fiddler was called McGee, so he might conceivably be classified as Celtic, but I think we need a bit more than that. There was a famous cajun musician called Kershaw too, but I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that cajun music comes from Lancashire. No, if you want Celtic songs in French, make Brittany your first port of call I reckon.Impeccable Celtic background, and French the majority language(nowadays, at any rate).
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