Zydeco

Step It Up! Is state of the art zydeco from a masterful performer. Chenier flavors the Red Hot Louisiana Band's double-kick bayou beat with elements of funk, blues and ballads, as well as turning it loose on more traditional zydeco material. The...

Oval 1974 + new tracks1. Before I Grow Too Old - Tommy McLain 2. I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Belton Richard 3. Try to Find Another Man - Tommy McLain ; Clint West 4. Jole Blon - Vin Bruce 5. I Cried - Cookie ; His Cupcakes 6. Oh Lucille - Belton Richard 7...

On a search for recordings from an old Cajun singer, Gerard Dele encountered guitarist Richard Fontenont on a proverbial dark and stormy night. Fontenont and his family took him in, told him stories, and later, Dele recorded the material for this album,...

Most of the recordings on this album were made in the 1930s, and exhibit Cajun music's characteristically infectious rhythmic patterns and irregular cadences. This lively album includes Joseph F. Falcon's 1928 performance of "Lafayette," the first Cajun...

Full Title - Cajun's Greatest -The Definitive Collection. UK compilation for the well-loved & legendary Cajun act. 25 great slices of the sound of the south. The package is completed with 12-page booklet with notes from leading Cajun authority Ann Alien...

Enhanced CD pressing of the 2008 debut album from this North London five piece, who are all in their final year of school. The colorful Life is packed full of whimsical tales of love and youth, Daniel Blumberg's vocals are brought to life by scattering...

C.J. Chenier was literally born into the musical tradition of southwest Louisiana and Texas Zydeco, a chugging, accordion- led blend of French Creole and African-derived influences. Born the son of great Zydeco king Clifton Chenier, the first GRAMMY½...

Beausoleil has reigned supreme as the best Cajun band on the planet for more than 20 years now. Led by fiddler/vocalist Michael Doucet, the sextet give new life to the traditional music of Acadia. Recorded and mixed in Louisiana, this release features...

Arhoolie Records was the first major label to record and sell Cajun music on a national level. Among the many Cajun musicians and bands it recorded were the legendary Hackberry Ramblers, Michael Doucet with his band Beausoliel, and, as solo performers,...

Another zesty dose of cajun honky tonk comes at ya from the mid-20th century along the Louisiana-Texas border. These nearly forgotten musicians will have you two-steppin' and kickin' up your heels in no time. To learn more about the music and the...

Although characteristic of the state of Louisiana, Cajun music has it's roots in the French-speaking Acadian population of Canada. The lives of those French colonists were wracked by political discord, war, and for some families, deportation; after the...

Ace.1. Pardon Mr Gordon 2. Recorded in England 3. Memphis 4. Gimme Back My Cadillac 5. Who's Gonna Rock My Baby 6. Forgive 7. My Old Mother in Law 8. I Might As Well 9. Boss Man's Son 10. Fais Do Do 11. Loneliness 12. Colinda 13. I Want Somebody 14...