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Meet Swamp Pop and Joe Barry If you've never heard of swamp pop or the likes of Joe Barry, you're not alone. NPR's Ed Ward aims to change that, with a music review of the mostly unknown pioneer of a music described as a combination of "French-language country music and Fats Domino", called swamp pop. Hailing from southern Louisiana, Joe Barry released on album under the name "'Roosevelt Jones,' a common pseudonym for a white artist trying to sell to black audiences." Download the full story (and get a taste of swamp pop)

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