Though this marks the debut of 18-year-old Sarah Jayde Williams, it’s hard to argue that this recording wasn’t destined. The granddaughter of venerable fiddler Hadley Castille, Sarah Jayde was weaned on fiddle at an early age and prospered under the sage tutelage of the senior fiddler who himself grew up in a musical family during the western swing era of Cajun music. While the disc lists Sarah Jayde as the sole featured artist, it could be billed Sarah Jayde and Hadley Castille since most of these sans accordion proceedings are loaded with tight, interlocking fiddle duets.

As the title suggests, many of these selections do have a swing lilt that owes more to Harry Choates (whom they cover here with his version of “Joli Blon”) than to Dennis McGee and Sady Courville. Cajun standards “Bayou Pon Pon” and “Bosco Stomp” are given firecracker renditions that spotlight Sarah Jayde’s precise, conviction-filled vocals.

Several other selections jump out of the time-honored Bob Wills/Spade Cooley songbook. Despite how many times you may have heard “Time Changes Everything,” Sarah Jayde makes it sounds as magical as when Tommy Duncan first crooned it. Cooley’s “Can’t Break My Heart” features bouncy piano playing by David Egan and dreamy steel rides from former Hank Thompson ace Pee Wee Whitewing. Listening to Sarah Jayde conquer these standards, one can’t but help wonder why they weren’t sung from the female perspective in the first place.