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Week of July 6, 2008

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
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The Cajun people of Louisiana are mostly rural. Although twenty percent of them live below the poverty line, they are rich in music. Steve Riley of Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys talks with host Peggy Wehmeyer about their music, how it tells the story of the Cajun people, and how it manages to revive the spirits of a people savaged by hurricanes.

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music  cajun    
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