NEW 2xCD ROUGH GUIDE Title: The Rough Guide To Cajun

 Title: The Rough Guide To Cajun & Zydeco
Artist: Various Artists
CD cat no: RGNET1265CD
Barcode: 978190825081
UPC (USA only): 605633126525
Release date: 24 October 2011
Featuring: Horace Trahan, Pine Leaf Boys, Feufollet, Lil Nathan And The
Zydeco Big Timers, Bonsoir Catin, High Performance, Jamie Bergeron And
The Kickin’ Cajuns, Cedric Watson And Bijou Creole, Jeffrey Broussard And
The Creole Cowboys, Geno Delafose And French Rockin’ Boogie, Lost
Bayou Ramblers, Kyle Huval And The Dixie Club Ramblers, Kevin Naquin
And The Ossun Playboys and Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys.
Bonus Source CD: Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band
Cajun &
Zydeco is the raw and riotous music that fills
the steamy night air of Louisiana – from downtown
New Orleans
to the backwater bayou. Accordions and
fiddles with a francophone edge meet drum kits,
guitars and more on this handpicked Rough Guide.
NEW 2xCD ROUGH GUIDE
» Includes bonus CD by Chubby Carrier
And The Bayou Swamp Band
» New digi-pack format
» Booklet translated in French & Spanish
Cajun
and
Zydeco music occupies a space deep in the belly of American culture. Whilst early styles relate
to the cultural enmeshing of Acadian, French, African and Caribbean influences, a new generation of
contemporary musicians are revitalising the genre to reflect their own influences and experiences. Raw,
occasionally raucous and highly contagious, this is music to lift the mood, lighten the load and loosen the
hips!
The album opens with the track, ‘Same Knife Cut The Sheep Cut The Goat’ by Horace Trahan. The drums
pump out a straight-up rock beat whilst guitar and accordion take it in turn to lay down winding solos that
work around the catchy chorus melody. The Pine Leaf boys also inject a rock’n’roll energy in to their retro
tinged track, ‘Allons Rock’n’Roll’. On ‘Come Back To Me’ Lil Nathan And The Zydeco Big Timers stream in a
slick R&B flavour with smooth vocals underpinned by lilting accordion and drum riffs. Forward-thinking
Cajun band, Feufollet make an appearance with the track ‘Femme La Dit’. On this track the innovative
band mix Cajun style with a laid-back jazz swing, twisting horns and coolly delivered female vocals. The
track, ‘Return Of The Creole’ spotlights the accordion in all its glory. Jeffrey Broussard transverses the
length of the instrument in virtuoso style whilst keeping the upbeat tune puffing along throughout. Steve
Riley And The Mamou Playboys close the album with the excellent tune ‘Bon Rêve’.
This Rough Guide also comes with a full-length bonus album by Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp
Band. Chubby and his band play with a exuberant and high-spirited energy that has charmed fans
worldwide – including the judges of the Grammy awards, who awarded the band a well-deserved accolade
in 2011.
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