Louisiana Cajun French Music from the Southwest Prairies

Field recordings made in 1965 and 1966 by Ralph Rinzler. These field trips, sponsored by the Newport Folk Foundation, produced a series of recordings which resulted in invitations to such groups as the Balfa Brothers (whose music was, at the time, utterly unknown outside of southwest Louisiana) to come north, and helped to kick off the widespread enthusiasm for things Cajun which has since spread worldwide. With the Balfa Brothers, Edius Nacquin, Austin Pitre & the Evangeline Playboys, and others.