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(More customer reviews)For anyone unfamiliar with Cajun or Creole music, Blair Kilpatrick's autobiographical journey into the world of Cajun-Creole music via the diatonic accordion begs the question : why should something so anecdotal possibly appeal to a wider public, going beyond restricted circles of Cajun Creole music and accordion fanatics ?
Maybe because this shared personal and heartfelt autobiographical account may help reveal better how we the readers relate to and act upon our own passions and limitations : musical or otherwise. It helped me do just that.
The author ( a practicing professional psychologist ) details stages of fascination with the music, learning of the instrument, fear of public performance, and the knowledge, skills and insights gained from her mentor and acceptance into the Cajun Creole music community, and much more.
I found it thoroughly entertaining, engaging and extremely well-written. The quality of writing is impressive and is in itself worth the hardcover price.
I would have given it 5 stars, but feel perhaps the amount of detail given to the mentor's declining health and eventual passing gave the book a slight imbalance and sense of impending doom towards the end, though he is an extremely important part of understanding the whole process she had gone through.
Overall, a beautifully written and beautifully produced book, with a lovely dose of feminine charm and valuable insights into Cajun Music and Culture. Anyone who loves quality writing, roots music, hot food, accordions and community based music are sure to enjoy it.
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An outsider's account of her transformative obsession with Louisiana's joyous music
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