Musique Cajun Louisiane U.S.A. (1988)

"Cajuns have a distinctive cuisine and music. Jean-Pierre Tzaud of Playasound who recorded this album contributed liner notes in which he treats the Cajuns as if they were merely transplanted Frenchmen and not the products of a rich gumbo of ethnic influences. Worse, he does not bother to tell us the name of the groups or the individual musicians playing on the album. Disgraceful. The first group, which plays on about eight tracks, is the best. Their rhythms are incredibly infectious, their ensemble rich and well filled out, their lead singer pleasant if not stellar. Their best song is their first, "Les Haricots Sont Pas Sales" ("The Beans Are Not Dirty") which you'll want to play over and over. The second group has a slower, thinner sound and a hokier vocalist; they sound like something from a carnival. One of their numbers, "Diggy Diggy Lo," picks up the pace and is quite fun. The quality of the recording is not very good. An album worth having at a bargain only." (Allmusic, Kurt Keefner)