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Pasé Bél Tan: Francophonies & Creolities in Louisiana

Pasé Bél Tan: Francophonies & Creolities in Louisiana

Paperback

Music Reference

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 2956967789
ISBN13: 9782956967781
Publisher: Flee Project
Published: Sep 29 2026
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

On Louisiana's rich musical landscape: a melting pot of North American, African, European and Caribbean influences

The songs of Louisiana's Francophone and Creole heritage have long flowed through its wetlands and bayous like living rivers of memory--carrying echoes of African rhythms, Native American chants, French ballads and Caribbean cadences. This deeply syncretic soundscape is neither fixed nor confined to a single identity, but continually reshaped by migration, resistance and reinvention. Pasé Bél Tan is conceived as a double offering: a 2xLP vinyl record paired with a bilingual (English/French) book, gathering sound, research and visual material into a project that honors Louisiana's plural musical heritage while opening it to new interpretations.

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