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Articles Published December 21, 2000

• Season's Greetings
• The Music Corner -- For This Issue -- [ Marcantel: Christmas Music Clips]
• Four Reviews by Dale Johnson

  * Brian Jack and the Zydeco Gamblers - "Give Me Some Room"

  * Balfa Toujours - "Live at Whiskey River Landing"

  * Horace Trahan and the New Ossun Express - "Get On Board"

  * Miss Frieda and the Cajun Fusiliers - "Old Songs and New Stories"

• Dutch Photographer Shares Raamsdonksveer CZ Festival Photos
• Passing Down Root Songs
• Lake Charles Zydeco Radio Show
• An Experience Within The Experience of West Coast Zydeco Extravaganza
• New Zealand CZ Fan Cut Off
• Several Raves about Frances' Zydeco Tour
• Users.Erols.Com - What's That?
• Radio Louisiane: Building Bridges and Momentum Jimmy Breaux's Bay Area Shows
• Al Berard & Karen England Have Their "Feet Off The Ground"
• Gloucester Cajun Zydeco Festival Next Month -- Will You Be There?
• Medicine Show
• 2 Nominations Pour Blou Aux ECMA 2001
• Keep Watching - Read From Sources (Update December 21, 2000)

  * Lounge owner returns his blessings

  * Levee Town - Sugar Hill

  * Blues, swamp pop, Cajun, Zydeco, jazz and country

• The Zydeco-dependents
• Radio Louisiane Reviews

  * Boozoo Chavis - "Johnnie Billy Goat"
  * Louisiana's Kingfish - "Life in a one-horse town"

• Louisianaradio.com Launches Record Label
• Linking To Cajun/Zydeco Band WEB Sites
• Blou Everywhere In The Province Of Quebec
• Colorado's Mardi Gras Invites All Reviews By Dan Willging

  * Balfa Toujours - "Live At Whiskey River Landing"
  * Willis Prudhomme - "Fais Do Do"
  * J.C. Carriere and Hot Step - "Papa"

• Alameda Gets An "A"; Eagles, An "E" For Excellence
• Belt Buckle Boom European Cajun Zydeco Sampler To Be Released
• Two Great Photo Displays
• Blue Flame Turns Up the Heat!
• Cajun Top Ten for Dec 1, 2000
• Web Slowdown and Incomplete Pages -- Some Tips
• The Music Corner -- For This Issue -- [ Gotta Getcha Gumbo ]

• Zydeco Cruise 2000 -- Best Yet!
• Shed Music -- by Zydecomotion, United Kingdom
• Cosmic Payback
• Annual Zydeco Halloween Dance
• True Friends -- Zydeco Dance & Trailride
• Freebo Now A Zydekat
• KJEF 1290 AM Celebrates Fifty Years of French Broadcasting
• Kevin Naquin And The Ossun Playboys, "Pour La Première Fois"
• Nice Way To Start November
• Bob and Tim's Excellent Adveture
• Keep Watching - Read From Sources (Update November 16, 2000)

  * 'Tee' Landry follows father into zydeco

  * Cajun music has gone through many changes

  * Cajun festival brings flavor to Fort Myers Fest offers pungent food, sweet music The Music Corner -- For This Issue -- [ Louisiana Man]

• Singing Cajun Music
• Seattle ZEN
• Louisiana Zydeco Tours (March 22-26, 2001)
• How To Research The Music Scene Before Traveling To New Orleans Or Elsewhere In Louisiana
• Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic
• The Swamp Fest At The Audubon Park Zoo -- 2nd Weekend
• UK's Swampmusic WEB Site & The Gloucester Cajun And Zydeco Festival
• Geno Delafose's 5th Annual Fan Appreciation Party
• The Music Corner -- For This Issue -- [ J'etais Au Bal ]

• African Musical Groups Wanted In Switzerland
• Morris & Dexter Ardoin with Dennis Stroughmatt
• Four Reviews by Dale Johnson

  * Don Fontenot et Les Amis De La Louisiane - "Le Necessaire"
  * Charivari - "I Want To Dance With You"
  * Various - "Music From the Zydeco Kingdom"
  * Leroy Thomas - "Greatest Hits/Taxi, Take Me To the Trailride"

• Diamonds and Pearls
• J. Paul Jr. & the Zydeco Nu-breedz - "Phenomenon"
• Asteur Reviews

  * Charivari - "I Want To Dance With You"
  * Balfa Toujours - "Live at Whiskey River Landing"

• (PLUS) Le Rendez-vous des Cadiens on KRVS The Music Corner -- For This Issue -- [ Arc En Ciel ]
• Keep Watching - Read From Sources (Update October 16, 2000)

  Zydeco Festival Is A Hot Ticket
  St. Landry Wants To Stay The Center Of Zydeco Culture
  Folks Come From Around The Country To Boozoo's Back Yard
  A Cajun Occasion - Acadians And Guests Alike Can Celebrate At Festival
  From Cotton Fields To Dance Halls, An Outsider's Journey

• Bellowing For Donna The Buffalo
• Brad Randell And The Zydeco Ballers
• 4th Annual Rock 'n' Bowl Zydeco Festival Workshop
• Scottish Lass Sez NO! -- To Refusing
• The Music Corner -- For This Issue -- [Diggy Diggy Lo ]
• Frances' Zydeco Weekend
• Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas at Eagles
• Hot Sultry Days And Nights In South Louisiana - But Visitors Are Welcome
• Zydeco Festival - Blazing Hot!; Texas Bands - Blazing Hot!
• The Bone Tones - "Live Recordings 1996-1998"
• Zydeco Gumbo
• The Boulevard Deli Caters To Pastrami Zydeco
• REAL CZ Photo/Stories Now On NBCi
• Big Nick And The Cydecos - "Born Half Wild"
• Emer-gen-C - Super Energy Booster
• Festivals Acadiens & Other Ramblin'

• Olympic Zydeco from Down Under
• Dancers For Dinner
• ZYDEFFECTS (A Poem)
• Spinning It Up At Dance Vortex
• Ain't Nothing But A Party
• Websites Help In Santa Monica
• Can't Dance --- They Wont Let Me
• Terry Tintorri (California)
• Eunice Radio Update
• Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds Storm The St. Louis Brewery & Taproom
• Dan Willging Reviews

  * Gina Forsyth - "You Are Here"
  * J. Paul Jr. & the Zydeco NuBreedz - "Phenomenon"

• Dougie, Dougie, Lo -- Kershaw's "Two Step Fever"
• 2000 Le Cajun Winners
• Hooked On Accordion
• Labor Day 2000 at Rhythm & Roots in Charlestown, RI
• The Music Corner -- For This Issue -- [Zydeco Frenzy]
• Being Pleasant And Pleased In Plaisance, Southwest LA

• "Hot! Hot! Hot!" -- Plaisance -- "L'enfer, C'est Le Damn Zydeco Festivale"
• The Rhode Island War Is Over -- Ninigret Is It! [The Cool Destination Labor Day Festival]
• Keep Watching - Read From Sources (Update September 5, 2000)

• Zydeco Dancing Man
• Beausoleil at National Folk Festival -- Can't Dance
• Warming Up To Zydeco -- Cajun Too
• Zydeco Dance Championship Of The World
• Trans Bayou Express - "Voyage Dans le Pays Cajun"
• Rosie Ledet And The Zydeco Playboys At The Mercury Café
• "You Can Speak Cajun French"
• Two Nights At Eagles Hall With Leroy Thomas
• Dance With Me
• Rhythm & Roots Schedule
• Run To Walker For Their Cajun Fest
• Missed The Boat -- For Zydeco Cruise 2000; How About Zydeco Cruise 2001?
• The Music Corner -- For This Issue -- [Grand Mamou]

• Saulieu - The Cajun Zydeco Capital of Europe
• A Review -- "Viens Dans Mes Bras (Come Into My Arms)"
• We are Blessed in the Bay Area
• Liquids - With Fortification
• Dancing Too Close
• Reviews By Dan Willging

    * Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners - "The Monkey and Baboon"

    * Brad Randell and the Zydeco Ballers - "Brad Randell and the Zydeco Ballers"

• "Lafayette, We Are Here" - The Zydeco Extravaganza Weekend
• Stage Presence
• Cajun/Zydeco/Swamp Pop Radio Shows
• New Cajun Song Index

• Lil' Band O' Gold Performs In New York
• I Went To The Seattle Zydeco Dance Camp
• Seattle's Zydeco Highlight of the Year
• The Big Easy 2000 -- In Sparks, Nevada
• Sweatiquette
• Dancing...Liquids...& You
• Two Reviews by Dale Johnson

    * Crawdaddy, "Festival"
    * Camey Doucet, "The Cajun Gentleman's Greatest Hits"

• Regional Dance Styles
• What The 1999 SURVIVORS Had To Say about Dance Vortex IV
• Rhythm & Foots Festival At Ninigret Park, Charlestown RI on Labor Day Weekend
• Australian Cajun CD By Catfish
• Dutch Zydeco MP3 Song
• CZ and Mardi Gras Graphics For Sale
• The Music Corner

• Cajun & Zydeco Nights (7e Nuits Cajun et Zydeco) - Saulieu 2000
• Cajun Fiddler Hadley Castille - Sharecroppin’ Is Much More Fun These Days
• Forming a Cajun Band in SE Michigan?
• Two Reviews by Dale Johnson
      * Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, "Sam's Big Rooster"
      * Rosie Ledet, "It's A Groove Thing"
• Great Expectations: The Long Beach Bayou Festival
• New Mailing List For The Cajun Zydeco Dance Community
• Louisiana Folk Artist Of The Year - "Bois-Sec Ardoin"
• CFMA Nominations
• The Magnolia Sisters - "Chers Amis"
• Wanted - Audiences For Cajun and Zydeco Gigs
• FLASH
• Patsy Hebert Hit

• Long Beach Bayou Festival
• Don't Tell The People About Long Beach
• Eagles Hall Rocked by Geno
• The Zydeco Brothers Are Back
• An Embarrassment of Riches
• Hear Jazz Fest 2000 On Your Computer
• Crescent City Music Show - From Florida
• "Stranger With A Camera" - Music By Dirk Powell
• Hudson Valley's Springtime Cajun Dance Festival
• Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers - "I'm Coming Home"
• The Patsy Report -- Over 10,000 Hits
• Keep Watching - Read From Sources

• WEVL, Memphis -- Cajun and Zydeco Music On The Net
• REAL CZ - Provides Greater Cajun/Zydeco Appreciation
• Looiziamana Cajun/Zydeco Fest, Memorial Day Weekend
• The 3rd Annual RootsWorld Free Reed Festival
• Silicon Valley C/Z
• Zydeco Extravaganza 2000!
• Creole Zydeco Farmers - "Zydeco Y2K"
• Zydeco-ish Graduate Thesis Presentation at Dartmouth College
• Cajun-Creole Music Outlet Goes By The Wayside
• Lisa Haley & The Zydekats Tour Europe 2000
• Connecticut's CZ Music & Art Festival June 9-11 at Sunrise Resort
• Horace Trahan & Louisiana Express

• A Dutch Treat - Raamsdonksveer International
• Cajun Zydeco Festival
• Fort Lauderdale - Great Time
• Dan Willging Reviews
       * Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas - "Let’s Go!"
       * Various Artists - "Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler"
       * Doug Kershaw - "Two Step Fever"
       * Native Sons - "Black Bayou Road"
• Tony Charles -- Toot Toot Drummer Dies
• Simi Valley Cajun Creole Music Festival 2000 (May 27-28)
• Some Holland Notes
• Dance Vortex Spinning Up For A New Year
• The Long Beach Bayou Festival (June 24-25)
• The "Everything Gazette" For Arizona

• Keith Frank - "Ready or Not"
       * Kira Viator and Liquid Lace, "Le 'Tit Coeur Cajin"
       * Magnolia Sisters, "Chers Amis"
       * Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, "Let's Go!"
       * George Wayne, "Bayou Belly Rubbin' "
• Iowa's Cajun Fest
• Zydeco Dancin'
• Warren Ceasar's Death
• Zydeco Dance Workshop Before Zydeco Extravaganza
• Wayne Toups - "Little Wooden Box"
• Zydekats Report
• River City Slim's "A Visit To Louisiana/Pine Grove Blues"
• Louisiana Lady Loved Lauderdale
• California Coquette Craves Celebrated Crawfish Chords (or)
       8th Annual Fort Lauderdale Cajun/Zydeco Crawfish Festival
• Lean Lad Lauds Lauderdale (or) Cajun/Zydeco Heaven At Fort Lauderdale

• International Cajun & Zydeco Festival 2000, Raamsdonksveer, Netherlands May 26-28
• Advanced Zydeco Dance! - The New Video
• Arizona Cajun/Zydeco Music
• La-La Zydeco (United Kingdom)
• Cajun UK - Who Are We?
• Zydeco Force
• Read Articles From Sources
       * Eat their Poussière - Zydeco’s Louisiana Purchases Inch Toward Raunch
       * The Public and Private Domains of Cajun Women Musicians in Southwest Louisiana
       * Louisiana Music; On Track
       * Rock of Aged
• The Crescent City Music Show Moves To A New Night!
• No April Fooling You
• Reviews by Willging
       * Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys, "Pour la Première Fois"
       * Don Rich, "I Want You to Know"
       * Lil' Brian and the Zydeco Travelers, "Funky Nation"
       * Kenneth Thibodeaux and the Cajun Dance Band, "Pour Les Danseur"
• Looking for Ft. Lauderdale Roommate

• "Funky Nation": Lil' Brian & The Zydeco Travelers
• The Second Annual Zydeco Extravaganza Dance Workshop
• Horace Trahan A Guest Of The Krewe De Walleye
• Time For Another Party! It's Mardi Gras In May
• Difference between Cajun and Zydeco Music - History
• Four Reviews by Johnson
       * Al Berard and Friends, "Cajun Music From the Heart"
       * Gator Beat, "The River’s Gonna Go"
       * Acadiana, "We Don’t Do No Rock ‘N Roll"
       * "L’ Esprit de la Louisiane"
• Book Review -- "L’ Esprit de la Louisiane"
• Dan Willging Reviews
       * Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb and Lightning Hopkins - "Live! At the 1966
             Berkeley Blues Festival"
       * Various Artists - "Medicine Show Vol. 2 Live At Grant Street Dancehall"
       * Lisa Haley and the Zydekats - "The Music of Joe Simien"
       * Blackie Forestier and the Cajun Aces - "Réunion Sur La Butte"
• "If you mess with my mudbug...you're gonna draw back a stub!"

• National Academy Of Recording Arts & Sciences In Louisiana
• New Promoters' Events Page On ZydE-Magic WEB Site
• Third Cajun & Zydeco Night In Limburg, Netherlands
• Rock 'n' Bowl And Observations On Marc Sober's Observations
• Steps To Moving Out From The Wall At Partner Dances
• Have You Taken The Zydeco Trivia Quiz?
• Dan Willging Reviews
       * Donna Angelle and the Zydeco Possé - "Down the Bayou"
       * Sean Ardoin And ZydeKool - "Sean Ardoin and ZydeKool"
       * Various Artists - "Music From the Zydeco Kingdom"
       * Octa Clark And Hector Duhon - "Old Time Cajun Music"
• Have You Heard Z-Band?
• Awesome Performance By Lisa Haley
• More Movie/TV/Radio Cajun/Zydeco
• ATTENTION BANDS --- Atlanta Venue Wants CZ Bands
• Hé! Toi - Texas Zydeco Magazine
• Garrison Keillor Brings Small-Town Musicians To The Big Apple
           -- Bon Temps Roulez one of the six finalists
• REAL CZ - Photo-Story Displays
• "Cajun" Issue Of The Library Of Congress' "Folklife Center News"
• Room To Share At Ft. Lauderdale Festival

• Acadia - Cajun/Zydeco Music From The Netherlands
• St. Louis Blues -- Where's The CZ
• Being Hostelized In NOLA
• Zydeco In The Virgin Islands
• New "Atchafalaya Quarterly" To Also Include Music & Dance Articles
• United Kingdom Events
• Mardi Gras 2000
• 2000 CT Cajun/Zydeco Festival
• Two Nevada Events
       Fremont Street Experience Mardi Gras
       Big Easy 2000
• Louisiana Entrée-Express Offers Promotional Gift Certificates To C/Z Dances
• Zydecopalooza E-Mail Back Up
• Read Articles From Sources
• Louisiana Folk Roots Kick-Off
• Fiddlers To Meet April 1 For Annual Competition
• Movie Zydeco
• Dancing Visitors To Louisiana - Etiquette
• Fabulous Apartment For Rent In New Orleans!
• Jennifer Lopez Style T-shirt?

• Gloucester Cajun Zydeco Festival (UK)
• Died And Gone To Zydeco Heaven
• Nancy Tabb Marcantel's "Louisiana Makes Me Smile"
• Why I Listen To Cajun Music
• Dan Willging Reviews
       * Keleb Trahan, "The Next Generation"
       * Various, "Louisiana Gumbo"
       * Various, "Zydeco"
       * Lil Malcolm and the House Rockers, "Zydeco Three Way - A Tribute to Clifton Chenier
             and Rockin' Sidney"
• Back Beat Music Is In London
• English & European Cajun/Zydeco Band Recordings
• Zydeecopalooza Coming To Texas In May
• La Bottine Souriante Walks Away With The BBC Folk Awards
• La Bottine Souriante Takes BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards By Storm To Win Best Live Act Of 1999
• Rock'n'Bowl Infringment Update
• Cajun/Zydeco Music Outside of Louisiana
• St. Louis Asks For More Traveling Bands
• Early Puget Sound Dance Camp Notice
• Connecticut Students Shocked By Zydeco
• Rhode Island April Weekend of Dance Workshop and Dances
• Midwest Cajun & Zydeco Music Contest
• The Ragin' Cajun Ensemble
• Seattle Dancing
• Cajun, Zydeco and Tucson
• 8th Springtime Cajun Dance Festival

• Special Event: First Invitational Mardi Gras CZTalk® Conference
• Cajun & Creole Music Makers Featured On WEB
• OffBeat Magazine's Best Of The Beat Awards -- Cajun/Zydeco Categories
• The Buckwheat Zydeco Story -- A 20-Year Party
• Dan Willging Reviews
       * The Cajun All Stars - "Chez les Cajuns"
       * How's Bayou - Pardon My French
       * Blou - Acadico
• West Coast Mardi Gras Party
• Bayou Teche Band Gains 5 Star Award
• Jazz Fest 2000 Cajun/Zydeco Artists
• Back Beat Music Supplies The UK With Cajun & Zydeco Music
• J. Paul Jr. Signs With Skyy Productions
• Balfa and Geno Toujours!
• Doug Kershaw All French Album
• NOLA Place To Stay
• The Texas Queen Of Zydeco And The Creole Lady
• CZTalk Is Cool
• Many Thanks Again

• Talk About Cajun Zydeco with CZTalk®
• My Favorite CDs OF 1999
• Yankee-Chank Swamp Jam
• New Cajun Connection (Tampa FL) WEB Page
• Four Reviews by Johnson
       * Queen Ida and Al Rapone, "Back on the Bayou"
       * T- Mamou, "Cajun and Creole Jam"
       * Lil' Malcolm & the House Rockers, "Zydeco Three Way"
             A Tribute to Clifton Chenier & Rockin' Sidney
       * "Louisiana Legends"
• Ft. Lauderdale Crawfish Festival Taking Shape
• ZydE-Zine Archives Of Value
• New Florida Bayou Teche Band Using Hi-Tech
• Zydeco Cruisin'? Yeah-U-Right!
• Taste Louisiana Cajun Festival in Iowa
• The Future Of Cajun/Zydeco Music
• Two Dan Willging Reviews
       * Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, "It's Party Time"
       * Dirk Powell, "Hand Me Down"
• La-La Zydeco
• Zydeco Lessons (Intermediate-Advanced)
       * The Body Slide and Floating Side Step

• The River Zydeco Band -- Netherlands's Zydeco Sound
• Cajunwaltz About Dutch Ice-skating
• "Allons en Louisiane"
• Cajun At The Country Music Hall Of Fame
• KBON 101.1 FM Live On The Internet
• Find The Heart Of The Zydeco In Johnny Sansone's "Watermelon Patch!"
• Springtime Cajun Dance Festival - A New York Event
• Kingdom of Zydeco Receives Deems Taylor Award
• New "SQUEEZE" Zydeco Magazine From Texas
• He'! Toi Zydeco Magazine
• Born Again Zydeholic?
• Lil' Brian Terry's "Funky Nation"
• Eighth Annual Mardi Gras Ball in Rhode Island
• Zydeco 2000 Dance Weekend in Seattle Feb 4-6
• MoJo and The Bayou Gypsies invited to California Benefit
• Great New 21st Century Addition To ZydE-Magic WEB Pages

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