Doug Kershaw - Cajun: Sweet Home Louisiana

Produced by Doug Kershaw and recorded at Wind Mill Studios in Louisiana, this brief sampler of Acadian two-step dances manages to sound modern and funky while still adhering to the traditional side of Cajun music. Kershaw himself offers up two tracks here, a run-through of the unofficial "Cajun National Anthem," the ageless "Jole Blon" (a paean to blondes everywhere), and the album closer, "On the Bayou." Ray Abshire (nephew of the legendary Nathan Abshire) & the Old Tymers Cajun Band turn in stately and unruffled versions of two traditional Louisiana songs, "Kaplan Waltz" and "Bayou Noir (Black Bayou)." The real highlights of the set, though, come from a newly reunited Basin Brothers. Read More