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- What’s New for the 27th of October: The Byrds Live, Trader Joe’s Organic Hot Cocoa Mix, Some Excellent Music Reviews, Folkmanis Puppets of an Autumnal Nature, The Mouse Guard begins…
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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Kedgeree
- What’s New for July 21st: All music — books on The Pogues, Sandy Denny, Lowell George, Zappa, and more; Cajun mardi gras on film; and Cajun, zydeco, and klemer related music
- A Kinrowan Estate Stoty: A Guest Lecturer
- What’s New for the 7th of July: A Passel of Roger Zelazny Reviews, A Write-up of an Irish Pub, Two Pieces of Live Music by Rosanne Cash, Where Irish Coffee Originated, Irish (and a Little Welsh) Music of a Modern Sort
- A Travels Abroad story: Truly Shitty Celtic Metal
- What’s New for the 23rd of June: A special edition for the Solstice, Wales in literature and music, and yes, in film.
- A Kinrowan Story: The Oak King
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Tag Archives: Cajun music
Various artists’ Allons en Louisiane
A relatively small area of the state of Louisiana produces much of the recorded Cajun and zydeco music in the world today. This is some of the most vibrant and soulful music ever produced in North America, and many of … Continue reading
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Feufollet’s Cow Island Hop
The musicians of Feufollet are still quite young, but Cow Island Hop is their fourth CD. It is an excellent collection of Cajun music. The six musicians of Feufollet (the name is a Cajun word for a prairie spirit or … Continue reading
Abby Berendt Lavoi and Jeremey Lavoi’s Roots Of Fire
Anyone who enjoys Francophone Louisiana roots music and music documentaries in general will love Roots of Fire. The film focuses in particular on the young musicians who are bringing Cajun music into the 21st century, honoring their past and their … Continue reading
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Magnolia Sisters’ Après Faire le Boogie Woogie
On their third CD, Après Faire le Boogie Woogie, Louisiana’s Magnolia Sisters have cooked up a winner that pays tribute to their Cajun and Creole musical roots with an attitude that’s thoroughly modern. The three original Sisters, Ann Savoy, Jane … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Joyeux Noël, Bon Chrismeusse: A Holiday EP From South Louisiana
As someone who’s not a fan of much Christmas music, I have to say this Christmas record is just about perfect. How’s that? Well, it’s short, so it doesn’t wear out its welcome. It’s music from south Louisiana, Cajun and … Continue reading
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Lost Bayou Ramblers’ Kalenda
You know that moment when you hold your breath as you start up a record by a group whose previous record is one of your favorites ever, and you hope this new one is still just as great and maybe … Continue reading
Rhiannon Giddens’ Freedom Highway
Rhiannon Giddens’ Freedom Highway is one of those rare recordings that grabs your attention right from the first note and won’t let go. Giddens was one of the founders of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a seminal folk group that brought … Continue reading
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Buckwheat Zydeco’s Lay Your Burden Down
I thought I had given up on zydeco. I first heard it in the late 1980s in the person of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco. Also at about that time, I was fortunate to see in concert some superb … Continue reading
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Tab Benoit’s These Blues Are All Mine
When I started this review, I had no idea who Tab Benoit was. None whatsoever. All I had to go on was the title of the album and the assumption that he/she/it was a blues singer. Luckily, Tab Benoit has … Continue reading
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BeauSoleil at Monteith Riverpark
The Cajun group BeauSoleil has been making music for well over a quarter-century, and doing so with mostly the same members for about two decades. They pretty much single-handedly made Cajun a legitimate component of World music (whatever that is), … Continue reading