Search - Sean Ardoin & Zydekool :: Home Brew

The artist behind the best-reviewed cutting edge zydeco record in years (Sean Ardoin & ZydeKool's "Pullin'") returns to his roots as no one else can with his brand new CD, "Home Brew." This contemporary zydeco master has created an album steeped in the genre's decades-old tradition as a fun-loving and moving dance music. "Home Brew" showcases the old school flip side of ZydeKool, along with Sean's patented contemporary touch, and demonstrates how Sean Ardoin represents both the rural roots and progressive future of Louisiana?s foot-stomping Creole zydeco sound like no other artist. "Home Brew" is guaranteed to get anyone?s feet moving, and more ? it truly confirms that a great new songwriting and performing talent has emerged from southwest Louisiana. Sean tends towards the old school on "Home Brew" with sure-to-be dancer favorites like "Fumba Laka Chumba," "Back To You," "Kemo Sabe" and more. But he also seamlessly mixes it up, sliding into a swing out groove on two moving numbers, "Love, All For You" and "The Call," reaching for the sky with the gospel-influenced zydeco anthem "I?m Still Here" and bringing it back home with the truly old time charm of "Back Porch" and the gut bucket blues of the title cut, "Home Brew." Sean Ardoin's ZydeKool sound is at once propulsive and irresistible, filled with pop hooks and driving dance beats. Many see him as the future of zydeco, and a natural to crossover to a wider audience. Sean wrote, arranged and produced every cut on "Home Brew" ? in addition to singing and playing both accordion and drums ? as he did on "Pullin?." His inventive compositions build on the legacy of zydeco innovators such as Beau Jocque and Boozoo Chavis, and local favorites such as Keith Frank, while showcasing Sean?s innovative vocal arrangements and his funk and R&B influences.