The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco (1998 album)

The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco
Compilation album by Various artists
Released 5 May 1998
Genre World, Cajun, Zydeco
Length 65:18
Label World Music Network
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  • The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco
  • (1998)
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The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco is a compilation album originally released in 1998. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,[1] the album features the cajun and zydeco genres of Louisiana in roughly equal measures.[2] Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, compiled and produced the album.[3] This was the first of two similarly named compilations: the second edition was released in 2011.

Critical reception

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Allmusic [2]

The album received generally positive reviews. Writing for AllMusic, Adam Greenberg lamented the exclusion of Boozoo Chavis and Beau Jocque, but still called it "enjoyable in the right ways".[2] Michaelangelo Matos of the Chicago Reader claimed the release almost "converted" him to the genres, comparing it with Disc 3 of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music.[4]

Track listing

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "One Step at a Time"  Clifton Chenier 4:22
2. "Zydeco Boogaloo"  Buckwheat Zydeco 3:53
3. "Balfa Waltz"  David Doucet 3:47
4. "La 'Tit Cord (The Little String)"  Jimmy C. Newman 2:11
5. "La Misère M'a Fait Brailler"  John Delafose & The Eunice Playboys 4:32
6. "Rolling Pin"  BeauSoleil 3:53
7. "Grande Bosco"  Eddie LeJeune 2:44
8. "Bayou Pon Pon"  Michael Doucet 2:59
9. "Two Step d'Amédé"  Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 2:41
10. "Disco et Fais Do-Do"  Bruce Daigrepont 3:21
11. "Kolinda"  BeauSoleil 3:37
12. "Slow Horses and Fast Women"  Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas 4:16
13. "La Pointe aux Pins"  Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys 3:35
14. "Fiddle Stomp"  Wallace Cheese Read 2:21
15. "Jolie, Petite Blonde"  Nathan Abshire 2:30
16. "Chico Two-Step"  The California Cajun Orchestra 2:45
17. "J'Etais au Bal"  Jo-El Sonnier 3:20
18. "Let the Good Times Roll"  Buckwheat Zydeco 4:57
19. "I Passed in Front of Your Door"  D.L. Menard 3:34

References

  1. Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Greenberg, Adam. "Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 Jan 2014.
  3. World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  4. Matos, Michaelangelo (5 November 1998). "A Rough Guide to the Rough Guides". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2014-01-10.

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