“Google Maps has one job… Amsterdam broke it”

Post Views: 18 Google Maps struggles in Amsterdam because it is built for American car grids, whereas Amsterdam uses a complex, human-scaled maze of canals, pedestrian zones, and multi-tiered bike paths where cars are restricted. Not Just Bikes explains how Dutch urban design, focused on people rather than cars, renders standard driving-centric navigation algorithms inefficient Lire la suite …

Why the US Government Tried to Erase the Louisiana Creoles — And Failed

Post Views: 121 They built New Orleans before America existed. They invented jazz. They fought the legal battle that defined American race law for sixty years. And most people have never heard their full story. This is the Louisiana Creoles — a people born at the intersection of West Africa, French colonialism, the Haitian Revolution, Lire la suite …

Gumbo-Oh! La! La! Presents: Geno Delafose and Horace Trahan French/Zydeco musician

Post Views: 152 Geno Delafose is a zydeco musician who stays true to his Creole roots and sings the French songs born of the old “La La” tradition. Geno comes from a long line of musicians nurtured from the cross-pollenization of the different influences found in south Louisiana. His French is Cajun prairie French yet Lire la suite …

Actualités Cajun et Zydeco

Post Views: 4,495 Facebook ZydeCajunRadio~ Toutes les nouvelles seront désormais publiées sur Facebook.~ All news will be published on Facebook from now on~ Al het nieuws wordt voortaan op Facebook gepubliceerd “WhereWeGoToZydeco”, which is local to the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Northern Virginia) area [AKA: Greater Washington, DC area]. It doesn’t include ALL of Lire la suite …

5e anniversaire de ZydeCajun Radio sur FDL

Post Views: 311 Française | English | Nederlands (2 décembre 2020 ~ 2 décembre 2025) Ma découverte de la musique cajun et zydeco a commencé lorsque j’étais DJ à la discothèque « t Kelderke » (La Cave), à ​​la sortie du single de Clifton Chenier, « Tu Peux Cogner (Mais Tu Peux Pas Rentrer) », en 1976. La face Lire la suite …

Jo van Strien; “A Zydeco Icon” has passed away.

Post Views: 505 English | Français | Nederlands An “icon” in the sense of a role model, someone who could get things done, someone who could bring people together, someone with a tremendous passion. In this case, for Cajun music, but especially for Zydeco music. A simple, friendly man whose door was always open—that’s how Lire la suite …