Chez Les Cajuns

EDITORIAL REVIEWS A collection of Cajun standards and favorites including Mon Petit Canon Newz Reel Blue Cajun Mama Rosin Valse de Grand Bois Cajun Two-Step Cousin Lilly McGee's Reel Basile Two-Step Les Veuves Mamou Jam , and more. .COM This spirited project from Beausoleil leader Michael Doucet brings together noted Cajun musicians while offering a traditional bayou feast for the ears. Accompanying a handful of Beausoleil musicians, drummer Mike Burch (River Road), Mitchell Reed (Mamou Prairie Band), and guitarist Christina Balfa (Balfa Toujours) all guest-appeared to mix up some spicy musical magic in Dockside Studios near Lafayette, Louisiana. The result is a down-home collection of old Cajun standards, waltzes, and Doucet originals that will please both country and Cajun listeners. The violins sing, the accordions dance, the guitars slip and slide. As yummy as a giant bowl of jambalaya. --Karen Karleski

CHEZ LES CAJUN