★★★★★
Five years and a record-company-affiliation change later, Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie return with their fourth album, Everybody's Dancin', and it's clear that the time between releases has had little or no effect on their musical approach. "100% Louisiana Creole Zydeco!" proclaims the album cover, which also appropriately boasts a foot pattern to guide dancers...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
Second-generation zydeco musician Geno Delafose begins his fifth album with a song called "Everybody's Havin' Fun," which defines his approach to music and entertaining. Delafose is capable of turning out traditional zydeco songs and performances like "Baby, Baby, Baby" and "Tout l'Jour et Tout l'Soir," but he also has no trouble incorporating pop, rock, and country standards and playing them as though they were written for accordion and rub board...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
This will stand as one of the finest zydeco albums of the decade. Young Geno (age 24) plays in a more tuneful and traditional style than competitors on the 1990s South Louisiana zydeco circuit like Beau Jocque and Keith Frank, whose thumping dance-beats, one-chord riffs, and grunted lyrics constitute a sort of zydeco/hip-hop synthesis. Geno instead draws inspiration from the older Creole songs of his father, John Delafose...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
This is the first CD by zydeco accordionist Geno Delafose. The name of the record, French Rockin' Boogie, is also the name of his backup group, a fine array of musicians including several family members. For as is often true in Louisiana, playing music is a family affair. Such is the case for Geno Delafose, who got his start at the age of eight in his father's band. When the great John Delafose retired, his son took over the band...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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