Cajun | Carencro. LA
Accordionist and vocalist, Sheryl Cormier (b. Sheryl Guidreau) is among the first ladies to break with the sexist limitations of Louisiana’s Cajun music. A previous leader of the all-woman Cajun music group, Cormier happens to be the first choice of Cajun Seems, a group that has Isaac Miller, Jr. (metal acoustic guitar, vocals), Ben Goodwin (drums), Ivy Dugas (bass) and Travis Matte (fiddle). The oldest of four kids, Cormier was raised encircled by Cajun music. Her dad was the first choice from the Sunset Playboys, a music group that included her mom on drums.
Understanding how to play the Cajun accordion at age seven, Cormier performed with her parents’ group throughout her teenagers. Although she remaining the music group when she got wedded, she continued to try out occasionally using the group in addition to with other related bands. Like a bandleader, Cormier put together an organization that presented her spouse, Russell, on vocals and child Russell, Jr. on drums, and documented an recording, Queen of Cajun Music (La Reine de Musique Cadjine), in 1990. Cormier’s second recording, Sheryl Cormier and Cajun Seems, , was released 2 years later on and was documented with her present music group.