Cajun

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

Zusammenstellung von 25 Titeln, darunter JUST REMEMBER - FAMILY RULES - LITTLE WHITE CLOUD - PROMISED LAND und MAMA AND DADDY

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

2009 - rares Set mit CD + DVD der "the best Cajun band in the world" (Garrison Keillor) um Michael Doucet (vocals, violin, guitar & accordion)... die CD enthält 14 Live Titel wie CAJUN CRAWL oder ZYDECO GRIS GRIS und auf der DVD sind 17 Live Titel (Konzert) wie ACADIAN TWO STEP - KLFY WALTZ - CHERE BEBE und EVANGELINE WALTZ

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 – (digisleeve) - The Cajun Country Revival strikes again! This time in the form of an acoustic quartet, Joel Savoy is joined by Cajun accordion hero Jesse Lége as well as Sammy Lind and Nadine Landry of the infamous Foghorn Stringband…. this new album finds the group showcasing their new sound as an acoustic group with accordion, fiddle, guitar and upright bass. From intense Cajun two-steps to sweet country ballads in English and French, listeners can’t help but be whisked away to dingy, dark, honky-tonkier places.

1988 & 2003 - mit Luderin Darbone (fiddle & vocal) - enthalten sin 26 Titel wie JOLIE BLONDE - RICE CITY STOMP oder FAIS PAS CA

1963/1993 - "Celebrating the Ramblers 60th Anniversary" Luderin Darbone's Hackberry Ramblers are a pioneer Cajun string band who played their first dance in 1933; 26 Titel wie BLACK BYOU RAG - FAIS PAS CA - GRAND MAMOU und CAJUN TWIST.....very rare !!!

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

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

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

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

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.

1997 - His SWEET DREAMS reached the Top 15 Best Seller's List nationally in 1966, and he's been performing this blend of Country, Cajun, Blues and Rock & Roll, called "Swamp Pop" ever since....Zusammenstellung von 20 Titeln wie THINK IT OVER AFTER LOVING YOU und SWEET DREAMS

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.