Cajun

2013 - Top accordionist Nathan Abshire at his very best in the Cajun honky-tonk and revival eras of the 1960s and 1970s. After some 20 years, Ace Records’ Nathan Abshire 2 LPs-on-1 CD has been totally revamped by John Broven. With stunning new mastering, the track sequencing better reflects the recording chronology in the distinct periods with the Pine Grove Boys and then the Balfa Brothers, with the addition of ‘French Blues’ to complete the Swallow output… The packed booklet features a newly researched essay by Lyle Ferbrache plus song analysis and discography.

1999 - Zusammenstellung von 23 Titeln/Hits wie TALK TO ME - SITTIN' AND THINKIN' - TENNESSEE BLUES oder A STRANGER TO YOU

Album von 2008 mit 22 Titeln wie WANTING TO GET OVER YOU - ISLE OF CAPRI - JUST A LITTLE BIT und BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS

1992 - Zusammenstellung von 28 Titeln, darunter THE PROMISED LAND - SOUTH TO LOUISIANA - SWEET DREAMS und HOMEBOUND TRAIN

2011 - also incl. Johnnie Allan cajun french/english recordings digitally re-mastered & released for the first time on CD; 15 Titel wie SHINE ON - YOU WIN AGAIN oder MONDE DES CADIENS

1996er Album mit 16 Titeln wie ALLIGATOR WALK - SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR - DEMON WOMAN und THE STRINGS OF YOUR HEART

2011 - Two trendsetting traditional Cajun albums made for Swallow Records, with rare singles as bonus tracks. The booklet incl. an illuminating new essay by Ann Savoy and full lyrics in French with English translations: "Play Traditional Cajun Music" (Swallow LP 6011 - 1965) + "Play More Traditional Cajun Music" (Swallow LP 6019 - 1974) + 4 bonus tracks

2013 - ein großartig eingespieltes Cajun Album mit einer gelungenen Mischung aus Blues, Bluegrass und Jazz des Altmeisters und seiner Band.... 11 Titel wie LA DOUCEUR oder BESSIE'S BLUES

2014 - incl. 44-page booklet with bilingual notes and photos - Flaco Jimenez & Max Baca - this recording captures the essential sounds of conjunto tradition with Flaco's 3-row button accordion and Max's deep-pitched bajo sexto...electric bass and drum kit round out the ensemble, 58 minutes

2018 - inkl. Infos - die beiden Original Alben aus den Jahren 1994 + 1996 hier auf einer CD veröffentlicht; '94er Album eingespielt u.a. mit Dan Dugmore (acoustic guitar) und Steve Fishell (steel guitar) sowie Raul Malo und Radney Foster (lead vocals) und Songs wie JEALOUS HEART oder CAROLINA; '96er Album eingespielt u.a mit Max Baca (bass) und Oscar Tellez (acoustic guitar), Songs wie MALA MOVIDA - EL GALLO COPETÓN und DOS COSAS

1995 – The selections on this CD represent the best of Flaco’s very first recordings, made when he was playing with Los Caminantes, at the young age of sixteen. Originally recorded and produced by Hymie Wolf for his RIO label in San Antonio, Texas, between 1956 and 1958

1992/2018 - What B.B. King is to the blues, or George Jones is to traditional country, Grammy-winning accordionist Flaco Jimenez is to the world of Tex-Mex conjunto. King of Conjunto Music and sideman to the stars. On Partners it is the other way around, the stars sing for Flaco. The album kicks off with Stephen Stills’ “Change Partners” from his 1971 album Stephen Stills 2. On Warren Zevon’s “Carmelita” the lead vocals are for Dwight Yoakam ... 11 Songs

rares Album aus dem Jahr 2003 eingespielt u.a. mit Raul "Nunie" Rubio (Lead Vocal), Max Baca (Bajo Sexto) und Roger "Rabbit" Garza (Guitar); 11 Titel wie TAN SOLO und LA ROSA NEGRA

12 Titel - u.a. die Duette mit Hank Williams, Jr. CAJUN BABY und Fats Domino MY TOOT TOOT ..

2004 - "The Complete Hickory Recordings" - the groundbreaking Hickory masters of the Kershaw brothers and their regular collaborator Wiley Barkdull, released complete on CD for the first time - insgesamt 56 Aufnahmen wie WHY CRY FOR YOU - MISTER LOVE - LOVE ME TO PIECES - LET'S STAY TOGETHER oder DIGGY DIGGY LO

sehr rares Album aus dem Jahr 1990 mit den "Special Legends Of The West": Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Jim Keltner u.a.; 12 starke Titel wie ZYDECO SHOES - CAKEWALK oder SWEET CAJUN BABY

2018 - die beiden Original Alben aus den Jahren 1998 + 2001 hier auf einer Doppel CD veröffentlicht; 25 Songs wie MI RANCHITO - LA SIRENA - MARGARITA - SIBONEY - EL PESCADOR - COMPY GATO oder PALOMA GUARUMERA

2009 - incl. 40-page booklet with bilingual notes and photographs - "Hip music that everybody in the world can relate to, with the traditional conjunto elements," says Texmaniacs leader Max Baca of their Texas Mexican sound. Four masterful instrumentalists—Grammy-anointed bajo sexto player Max Baca, accordionist and Tropa F alumnus David Farías, conjunto tejano veteran bassist Óscar García, and multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Martínez on drums—breathe new life into the century-old music of the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Their mentor and friend, Tejano accordion great Flaco Jiménez, makes a special appearance.

2018 - inkl. 40-seitigem Booklet mit zweisprachigen Linernotes - Bajo sexto master Max Baca, who cut his teeth with the hit-making, crossover band The Texas Tornados, founded Los Texmaniacs in 1997. He sought to form a group that espoused the traditions of Tejano music he grew up with and combined them with elements of blues, rock, country and jazz. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is proud to release 'Cruzando Borders' from the GRAMMY Award-winning conjunto group Los Texmaniacs, including dynamic feature performances from fellow GRAMMY winners Lyle Lovett, Rick Fuentes and Rick Treviño.

2012 - 62 minutes, 40 page booklet with bilingual notes and photos. This album is part of the Smithsonian Folkways Tradiciones/Traditions Series of Latino music albums, produced with support by the Smithsonian Latino Center. San Antonio, Laredo, El Paso, Corpus Christi, Seguín, and other Texas towns inspired this second Smithsonian Folkways recording of “hardcore conjunto” music by the spunky and spirited GRAMMY-winning group Los Texmaniacs. Their signature sound comes from deep within the heart of Texan tradition, while Max Baca’s bajo sexto and David Farías’s accordion playfully break new creative ground. Multi-instrumentalists Óscar García and Lorenzo Martínez complete the quartet, with guest cameos by Western Swing singer Ray Benson and Jason Roberts of Asleep at the Wheel, and Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame fiddler Bobby Flores.

1995 - This album represents the desire of one of the best known composers, singers and musicans in Cajun music to keep driving, to keep reaching for new hights. 15 Titel, darunter HELLO NELDA und LITTLE CAJUN WHISTLER

2006 - Lydia Mendoza is the great, legendary first star of Tejano music who began her recording career in 1928 when she was only twelve years old. These selections (1970) present her primarily as a singer accompanied by her own 12 string guitar, mariachis, and a fine orchestra.... 15 Titel wie AMOR DE MADRE ...

1999 - 25 Titel aus ihrer frühen Karriere (1934 bis 1939) eingespielt mit ihrer Familie, u.a. Leonor Mendoza (guitar & vocals) und Marìa Mendoza (mandolin & vocals)....u.a. TODO POR TI - VIDA MIA oder TENGO A MI LUPE

1980/1993 - Lydia Mendoza the number one pioneer Tejano recording star and the most remarkable and enduring woman performer in the history of recorded Mexican-American music accompanying herself on 12- string guitar recorded in San Antonio Texas in 1979. The feeling and emotion Mendoza can convey in song are so intense that ignorance of Spanish is simply not a problem her power and passion transcend language. As 1993 draws to a close one can count many good even great Texas albums but only this one is essential.”   Lydia Mendoza – vocals and 12-string guitar.

2017 - Featuring the songs of Jimmy C Newman with Joel Savoy, Keli Jones, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms. Joined by Russ Blake on pedal Steel, Ned Folkerth on drums, Gary Newman on Bass.There was a time in south Louisiana that the name Jimmy C Newman was spoken with an almost god-like reverence - a young singer from Mamou had made it to the big time and the locals could not have been more pro ud to tell folks that the C stood for Cajun. 

2022 - A hugely prolific recording artist, Al Terry is chiefly remembered for his signature hit GOOD DEAL, LUCILLE, and the handful of Hillbilly and neo-Rockabilly sides he cut for Hickory Records in the mid-50s. However, during the 1950s he also cut Honky-Tonk, mainstream Country and Nashville Countrypolitan sides, occasionally duetting with Wilma Lee, and Rusty & Doug Kershaw. This compilation presents a Very Best Of Al's output between 1952-1962, across four different record labels, and includes his celebrated R&R-styled 1958 re-cut of GOOD DEAL, LUCILLE and the rockin' WATCH DOG.

2007 - “Hickory’s Cajun Hillbilly” (Best of Hickory Recordings & More) is the first ever CD compilation of Al’s best Hickory sides, with an emphasis on upbeat recordings that also highlight the prowess of some of the finest pickers in 1950s Nashville, including Chet Atkins and Terry’s steel playing brother Charles (known as Bob). Bob Terry wrote many of the best tracks on this collection.

2014 - A classic example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts, the GRAMMY® winning Texas Tornados came together in the early '90s with Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, Flaco Jiménez and Augie Meyers. Over a decade after Sahm's death and with the more recent passing of Fender, Sahm's son Shawn stepped up to the plate to preserve and re-ignite the group's legacy as producer of this brand new release...

1994 - legendäre Formation mit Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, Augie Meyers und Flaco Jimenez - Zusammenstellung von 11 Titeln wie WHO WERE YOU THINKIN´ OF oder ADIOS MEXICO

2019 - 24 Bit digital remastert, 2 LPs auf einer CD, 3-Panel Digipack - die in Costa Rica geborene Chavela Vargas (1919 - 2012) wurde für ihre Interpretation der “canciones rancheras“, der Volksweisen aus dem staubigen, weiten Farmland Nordmexicos und für ihren Beitrag zu anderen Genres der lateinamerikanischen Popmusik gefeiert. Ihr Debütalbum "Noche Bohemia" (Orfeon LP 12-85) wird hier zum ersten Mal auf CD präsentiert. Als Bonus beinhaltet diese Ausgabe auch ihre komplette zweite LP "Chavela Vargas con el Cuarteto Lara Foster" (RCA Victor MKL-1363) sowie ihre klassische Version von TODA UNA VIDA.