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Buckwheat Zydeco's Bayou Boogie

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PreS-Gr 4—Grammy Award winner Buckwheat Zydeco cooks on this family-friendly, lively collection of 12 tunes. Excellent arrangements of songs featuring accordion, Hammond B3 organ, guitar licks, and the occasional clarinet and saxophone punctuate this high energy good time. Covers of rock classics "Barefootin'," "Locomotion," and "Twist and Shout" and children's songs "Loop de Loop" (Buck's version of "Here We Go Loop de Loo") and "Hokey Pokey" sound fresh. Buck is joined by children's music favorites Laurie Berkner (on "Loop de Loop"), Maria Muldaur (on the original song "The Mice Ate My Rice"), Dan Zanes (on "Ripsy Dipsy," an original number), Aaron Nigel Smith (on "Twist and Shout"), and all four on "Hokey Pokey." Among the other original tunes are "Walking the Dog," "Zydeco in Space," and "The Party's Over." Whether backed by a chorus of women or children, live or in the studio, Buck shines. You won't be able to sit still!—Stephanie Bange, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
In this beautiful, heartrending, yet horrifying film, North Koreans tell their stories of imprisonment, sexual slavery, torture, murder, and escape to China or South Korea during the nearly 50-year regime of Kim Il Sung (1912—94). The interviews are illustrated through the interspersion of dance sequences, archival news footage, and drawings. Particularly interesting are the North Korean propaganda films celebrating Kim Il Sung as God and showing in the face of mass starvation happy workers, elaborate military displays, and the creation of a new flower in 1988 in honor of the 46th birthday of Kim's son and successor, Kim Jong Il. A valuable time line traces 20th-century events in Korea. Bonus features include previously unreleased footage of camp refugees. This mesmerizing film displays excellent production values and is highly recommended for Asia collections.—Kitty Chen Dean, formerly with Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, NY
Reviewed by Kitty Chen Dean , Nov 01, 2010

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