Author, musician, psychologist Blair Kilpatrick is proud to announce the publication of her first book, “Accordion Dreams, A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music”

The book is the author’s memoir of her life-changing passion for Louisiana French music and her unlikely obsession with the accordion. Blair’s mid-life journey begins on a birthday trip to New Orleans and ends up in Northern California’s vibrant Louisiana French music community. Along the way, the once-shy psychologist learns to dance, convinces her husband to pick up the fiddle, and discovers she really can carry a tune.

Blair has a series of adventures during her travels to Louisiana, to music camp in West Virginia, and to a Cajun festival in France. She finds an accordion mentor in renowned Creole musician Danny Poullard, the guiding spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Cajun-zydeco scene. Finally, Blair forms a band of her own, Sauce Piquante. And she learns the most important lesson of all: it’s never too late to follow your dreams!

You may order the book from: University Press of Mississippi: http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1120 or
www.blairkilpatrick.com