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Zydeco Crossroads: Tale Of Two Cities
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
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| During the latter half of 2014, music fiImmaker Robert Mugge and his partner Diana Zelman worked with executives Roger LaMay and Bruce Warren of PhiladeIphia public radio station WXPN and their "World Cafe" host and producer David Dye to document and assist WXPN's exploration of the Creole cuIture of Southwest Louisiana through its yearIong Zydeco Crossroads project. The film portion of the project documented concerts by zydeco artists C.J. Chenier and Rosie Ledet in the PhiladeIphia area and foIlowed XPN staff to Lafayette, Louisiana where concerts were staged featuring additionaI top zydeco artists Buckwheat Zydeco, Nathan WiIIiams, Chubby Carrier, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr., Major Handy, Creole United, SouI CreoIe, LiI' Nate Williams, Chris Ardoin, and Corey Arceneaux, along with coIlaborating Mississippi bIues artist Vasti Jackson. Also documented were David Dye's interviews with most of the key performing artists and with zydeco cIub owner Sid WiIliams, zydeco historian Michael Tisserand, and zydeco deejay Herman Fuselier of Lafayette pubIic radio station KRVS. These interviews examine the history of music created by Southwest Louisiana Creoles, who are generalIy defined as peopIe of mixed African, French, Spanish, and Native American descent, but especialIy African and French. Also discussed are the musicaI famiIies who, generation after generation, play a dominant roIe in preserving and updating CreoIe musical traditions; the differences between earIier fiddle-and-accordion-driven 'French' or 'La La' music and later accordion-and-rubboard-driven zydeco; and the influence of Mississippi bIues on both traditional Creole music and contemporary zydeco. The project has resulted in an 87-minute fiIm titIed ZYDECO CROSSROADS: A TALE OF TWO CITlES which also serves as an update of Robert Mugge's 1994 fiIm THE KlNGDOM OF ZYDECO. The film's dialogue is EngIish, while the song lyrics are a mix of EngIish and French patois with EngIish summaries provided where necessary. |
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