Jim Bessman has written an article about the importance of the music found in the newly-released CD Louisiana Cajun + Creole Music from Rounder Records.  These performances at the Newport Folk Festival in the mid-1960s did a lot to bring Cajun and Louisiana Creole music to a national audience.  Up until this time, it was almost exclusively a Louisiana phenomenon, with bleed over into southeast Texas.  There are quotes from Ann Savoy and Ralph Rinzler.  Rinzler was with the Smithsonian Institution’s folklife programs; he made the recordings in this release.  It’s an important part of how Cajun and Louisiana Creole were revived in the 1970s and preserved for the future.