The_Rough_Guide_to_Cajun_&_Zydeco_(1998_album)

<i>The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco</i> (1998 album)

The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco (1998 album)

1998 compilation album by Various artists

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.

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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

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References

  1. [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]
    Greenberg, Adam. "Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 Jan 2014.
  3. [3]
    World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  4. [4]
    Matos, Michaelangelo (5 November 1998). "A Rough Guide to the Rough Guides". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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