It's New Orleans: Louisiana Eats

Children in Louisiana grow up with so many local traditions that schools could practically add an extra class to cover all of them Luckily, songwriter Johnette Downing is around to set these traditional stories to music. Johnette s award winning books and songs have earned her many nicknames, from "the pied piper of Louisiana music traditions" to "the musical ambassador to children." She described her new album "Swamp Romp like this When thinking about a concept for this recording, we naturally thought of a Louisiana dance party for children filled with songs that evoke the joie de vivre, or zest for life, that we live everyday in Louisiana. This recording offers a m lange of many of the Louisiana roots music styles we love, from the Cajun, zydeco, and swamp pop of South Louisiana; to the rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz, brass band, and street music of New Orleans; to the rock n roll of North Louisiana; along with a small side trip to Mississippi. We asked our musician friends who represent the best in each ge