THEY STILL NEED OUR HELP! Hurricane Katrina has blazed a trail of devastation throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Across the Gulf Coast, Katrina engulfed thousands of homes and decimated the landscape in what could become the most destructive storm in U.S. history. Victims are stranded and in need of immediate medical care, food and water, and tens of thousands of people will need temporary housing for months. As you know, Zydecoroad.com has a special bond with the City of New Orleans and it's talented music community. This is the time when people in New York and throughout the United States need to come together to offer some support and show our love to people of the Crescent City. Please consider helping people affected by this storm by making a donation today on these links.

Thank you for logging onto ZydecoRoad.com, Where Long Island Meets La Louisianne. Some of Louisiana’s most popular artists and some of our great regional artists are set to perform in our area in the coming months. Among the artists scheduled to appear are: T. Broussard and the Zydeco Steppers; The Radiators; Roy Carrier and the Night Rockers; and Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys. We’ve also assembled some exciting new material on ZydecoRoad.com this month that we hope will get you in the right frame of mind to go out and support Live Zydeco music in New York, and to log onto the World Wide Web to purchase some terrific new releases.

We’ve put together four new reviews on our Sounds of the Road pages that we hope you will consider purchasing. First up is the new CD from Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys entitled; “Mercredi Soir Passe” on the Swallow records label. Kevin Naquin has been inspired by such Cajun notables as Steve Riley, and his own grandfathers, Hadley Fontenot and Eduis Naquin, but he breaks out on this CD with an extremely upbeat menu of songs that please the palate. The Canadian and New England based Boreal Tordu are on a cultural mission to make French live again in public through writing and singing new songs that reinterpret for today the essence of being French. With the release of their new CD entitled; “La Bonne Vie” (Good Life) for the Brick House Music label, the band succeeds in delivering twelve tracks that are sometimes as they say “jaunty and humorous.” Germany might be famous for such things as automobiles, beer and German engineering, but Zydeco music emanating from South Germany? Absolutely! And, the Zydeco Playboys are responsible for bringing their jumpy Zydeco and Tex-Mex sound to Deutschland and laying down fifteen tracks on a most enjoyable CD entitled; “Superficial Satisfaction.” Finally, we review Theresa Andersson’s new self-titled EP on the Basin Street Records label that contains five exceptional tracks including stellar covers of Lucinda William’s “Jackson” and Madonna’s “Borderline.” Andersson’s voice resonates emotion on each track and the material is extremely well suited to her style.

Don’t forget to check out ZydecoRoad.com “On The Air” at: www.podarama.com. Show #10:"Watcha Gonna Do With The Money?" shows you some ways to spend it and help the Gulf Coast at the same time. It won't hurt a bit! Zydeco Rich takes you backstage and up close with our very special guests Marcia Ball, The Nevilles and The Subdudes with a host of new program downloads geared towards promoting Zydeco and Louisiana music and its artists on Long Island. You can also download K-Paule’s interviews with the stars on the red carpet at the Inaugural Induction Ceremonies for the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.

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