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20 best of Swamp Pop Various artists $28 |
Swamp Pop, indigenous to South Louisiana, is marked by highly emotional, plaintive style vocals, simple, unaffected lyrics backed by a honky-tonk piano, bellowing sax sections and a strong R&B backbeat. Upbeat pieces often possess the bouncy rhythms of Cajun and black Creole two-steps. Slow melancholic ballads exhibit the heart-broken ‘what’s-the-use-of-living’ laments common to many Cajun and black Creole compositions. |
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Cajun & Zydeco - Alligator Walk Various artists $28 |
This CD is a representative collection of Cajun and Zydeco music from traditional to contemporary. Here are artists and groups who were famous in the 1930s and 40s up to groups who are in the Cajun and Zydeco charts today. The booklet gives information about history of the “Cajuns” and their music, as well as about each group on the album. |