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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0046346601129 Label: Swallow Records Manufacturer: Swallow Records MPN: 6011 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Swallow Records Release Date: March 22, 1994 Studio: Swallow Records Average Rating:
 Rating: - The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Vols. 1-2This is the Best of the best. I listen to it daily and never get tired of it. Classic but holds up well against anything modern. Blows all other Cajun CD's away by a mile! Rating: - music from film southern comfortThis is the album which features the haunting tracks from the film southern comfort,played in the cajun village toward the end of the movie. its a superb introduction to cajun music in general. Rating: - Essential!No fan or student of Cajun music or folk/traditional music in general should be without this essential album. Every song here is a classic in the Cajun repertoire, and is presented in true Balfa Brothers form: outstanding! The liner notes include all the song lyrics in Cajun French and English. If you don't own this album, you really have no excuse. Buy it now! Rating: - Wonderful, Essential, Haunting and makes you want to move...I grew up in Mamou, Louisiana and went to grade school with Dewey's nephew, Tony. So, I think I might have some credentials in reviewing this album. Out of all the Cajun music I have in my collection, this CD gets played more than all the others combined. And that includes Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, headed by a guy closer to my age and from my hometown. Granted, the Balfa's were also from the Mamou area (closer to Basile). Steve Riley learned from Dewey Balfa, for one thing, and as good as ... Read More Rating: - One of the Most Important Albums In Cajun MusicLeave your Wayne Toups discs at the door. If he is what you call Cajun music, you've got it all wrong. Being Cajun, I don't like it when people get artists like Toups confused with real, traditional Cajun music. I'm not bashing Toups. As a matter of fact, I quite enjoy his music. But most people outside of Louisiana think he's the real thing. The Balfa Brothers are REAL Cajun music. They play traditional and cherished songs of the Cajun people of Louisiana. Their recordings are crucial since ... Read More |
