The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco (1998 album)
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| The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 5 May 1998 | |||
| Genre | World, Cajun, Zydeco | |||
| Length | 65:18 | |||
| Label | World Music Network | |||
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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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| Allmusic |   [2] |
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]
