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Featuring the fiddle playing of Michael Doucet, Beausoleil combines innovative contemporary sounds with traditional sounds deeply steeped in thestyles of their native Louisiana. Highlights include "Parlez-Nous a Boire," "Tous Las Deux Pour La Meme,"...

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...

Complique is French for 'complicated'. But here, Houstonian Ruben Moreno's second set is straightforward and adept at combining a rhythmic zydeco beat with a soulful vocal delivery, maybe best demonstrated on "Intoxicating". Around music since he could...

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...

Boozoo Chavis was one of the early pioneers of Zydeco music. He only recorded a handful of albums do to his distrust of the music industry. His self titled album, Boozoo Chavis, originally came out on the Elektra offshoot label, American Explorer, in...

Beausoleil is the most well-known band performing music derived from the Cajun culture of Louisiana. With flavors of jazz, blues and rock and roll, the band's cross genre appeal and instrumental prowess have earned them fans across the roots music world...

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...

Ace.1. Lousiana Man - Rusty ; Doug Kershaw 2. I Cried - Johnnie Allan 3. Mathilad - Cookie ; The Cupcakes 4. My Jolie Blond - Rod Bernard /Clifton Chenier 5. She Wears My Ring - Phil Bo 6. Feed the Flame - Van Broussard 7. Little Cajun Girl - Gene King 8...