Label: Vanguard Records
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 015707974127
EAN: 0015707974127
ASIN: B000025JJ5
Release Date: 2004-05-11
Creole Bred: A Tribute to Creole & Zydeco
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Artist: Various Artists
Label: Vanguard Records Category: Music Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 015707974127 EAN: 0015707974127 ASIN: B000025JJ5 Release Date: 2004-05-11 |
Creole Bred: A Tribute to Creole & Zydeco
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| Regional Blues
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It is not surprising that scholar-musician-producer Ann Savoy's follow-up to her Grammy-nominated <I>Evangeline Made</I> also features a star-studded roster, some of whom appear incongruous in such a setting. Admittedly, Savoy¹s visceral understanding of Louisiana's proud and hardy Cajun tradition is sufficient to keep the majority of the participants toeing the line and even sounding reasonably authentic. The question is: why repeat this formula? Yes, the album will probably attract new listeners to the style. Yes, Brooklyn-born 1980s pop icon Cyndi Lauper bows gracefully to the idiom and sings convincingly in French. Yes, fans of the genre will likely purchase the album out of curiosity, thus sparking endless dinner table discussions pro or con. But if the Tom Tom Club is the sole complete crayfish-out-of-water, that the home team consistently makes the most indelible impression must surely mean something. And finally, yes, 45 minutes is too short for a full-priced CD. <I>--Christina Roden</I>Customer Reviews:
Enjoyable Zydeco album.......2004-05-22
Yes, I was surprised to see two songs by Cyndi Lauper, one by Tom Tom Club, and one by Michelle Shocked on a Zydeco album. I never imagined them doing such music (but as soon as I saw Cyndi Lauper's name, I thought, "But of course--her voice is perfect for this music!"), but here it is, pure Zydeco, no crossover stuff (except MAYBE Tom Tom Club).
This is Louisiana music! The liner notes compare Cajun music to Zydeco, saying Cajun music "is created by the white, French speaking descendents of the Acadians." In contrast, the music on this album comes from "the French speaking Afro-Americans whose music, when urbanly based, is called Zydeco, and creole if rurally based. Zydeco evolved from many influences--country Cajun tunes, African rhythms, rhythm and blues from the radio, and field hollers."
My interest in Zydeco is no more than occasionally being in the mood for it, or enjoying it at a blues festival, so I am not a connoisseur of the music and thus cannot judge this in comparison to other Zydeco albums. But as someone who just occasionally listens to the music, I definitely enjoy this album. (I can't believe I'm enjoying music so much with accordians in it!) There's only one song on the album that I don't care for ("Baby Please Don't Go").
This to me is festival music, something to have a great time to. If you don't have any Zydeco albums and think you might be interested in trying out the music, perhaps you might find this album as enjoyable as I do.
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