Bands We Like
Bloody Irish Boys - New track featuring Bloody Irish Boys music + German lyrics / vocals by Zydepunks
CanKickers
Caspian Hat Dance - our old fiddle player Joseph McGinty's band
G String Quartet Family Duo Solo Act
Herringbone Fish Orchestra
Hurray For the Riff Raff
Jewdriver
Junkman's Choir
Larkin Brigade
Loose Marbles
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Luminescent Orchestrii
Molly Maguires
My Graveyard Jaw
Panorama Jazz Band
The Peelers
Pine Hill Haints
Pine Leaf Boys
Polka Madre
Secret Agent Bill
Special Ed and the Short Bus
Truckstop Honeymoon
Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?
The Winter Sounds - former bass player Patrick Keenan's band
World/Inferno Friendship Society
Bands Without Whom We Would Not Be
Ad Vielle Que Pourra - tune "Andropov/Polka Felix" originally written by this French-Canadian outfit
Balfa Brothers - godfathers of Cajun music and writers of the "Balfa Waltz".
Boozoo Chavis
Clifton Chenier - one of the originators of Zydeco and writer of "Zydeco Cha Cha".
County Hell
Canray Fontenot
The Dubliners - first heard the traditional Irish tune "Lowlands of Holland" listening to them.
Fatter Than Albert
Goodman County
Mamou - the original Cajun punk band.
Mano Negra - Manu Chao's first band
Irvan Perez - one of the last native Spanish speakers from Louisiana, who sadly passed in 2008 after surviving Hurricane Katrina. "Cuando creceran los flores" quotes a traditional decima originally from the Canary Islands performed by Irvan.
New Model Army - not only an influence with their early material but a damn nice bunch of guys.
Nyah Fearties / Dub Skelper / Junkman's Choir - Scottish folk punks, writers of "Big Man Walking in the Rain".
Pogues - the Irish punk band that started it all...
Slime - German punk band. Original writers of "Untergang 83".
Ukrainians - Big influence. Slavic punk band from the early 90s.
Help New Orleans Help Itself
Common Ground Health Clinic - health care assistance in Algiers, Louisiana
Defend New Orleans
Go Green NOLA - resources for renewing New Orleans' environment
Humid City - New Orleans blog
Iron Rail - Independent library in New Orleans
New Orleans Kid Camera Project
New Orleans Musicians' Clinic - providing low-budget health care for New Orleans musicians
NOLAFugees - alternative news source for New Orleans
Saint Anna's Episcopal Church - provide assistance to musicians along with free medical care
New Orleans Radio
The last independent stations:
WWNO - Local NPR
WTUL - Tulane Radio
WWOZ - Community Radio station.
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General Information
Christian Kuffner
zydepunks@gmail.com
Tel: (504) 232-9930
Fax: (504) 754-7539
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