by World Music Network October 24, 2011
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New Rough Guide Album: Cajun & Zydeco
The Rough Guide To Cajun & Zydeco is the World Music Network's most recent addition to the acclaimed Rough Guide series. Raw, occasionally raucous and highly contagious, this is music to lift the mood, lighten the load and loosen the hips!
Cajun and Zydeco is the 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.
Featuring tracks from Horace Trahan, the Pine Leaf Boys, Lil Nathan And The Zydeco Big Timers, Feufollet, Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys and more, this Rough Guide traverses the wealth of different flavours of Cajun and Zydeco. From driving rock'n'roll energy to smooth R&B influences to laid back jazz, you can explore the many different sides to this fabulous music with this danceable Rough Guide.
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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