Lost Bayou Ramblers - Live A La Blue Moon
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Free Music Review: New Traditionalists
Hit: 5 Stars
At a time when mainstream music seems so intent on abandoning everything good about the past in favor of some watered-down bit of faddish fluff, it is heartening to come across a band like the Lost Bayou Ramblers, a group of five young guys who know and respect the music that came before them.
Live a la Blue Moon, recorded at a little club in Lafayette, Louisiana, is the band's latest offering and it earned them a 2008 Grammy nomination and a trip to the "big show" in February. In addition to the instruments usually associated with a Cajun band, the Ramblers' Andre Michot sometimes puts down his accordion and picks up a lap-steel guitar, giving the band a sound somewhat unique to Cajun bands.
This live performance includes several Cajun standards but even the band's new material is based so strongly in Cajun tradition that it is not always easy to remember which are the old and which the new songs. The closest thing to a misstep on the entire album is an ode to the New Orleans Saints called "Who Dat." That one probably works great in live performance, especially in Louisiana clubs, but comes across as a bit jarring in the middle of a set list like this one. But, clocking in at less than a minute in length, it's only a small smudge on an otherwise near-perfect Cajun music album.
Lost Bayou Ramblers are:
Louis Michot - fiddle and lead vocals
Andre Michot - accordion and lap-steel
Cavan Carruth - guitar and vocals
Alan LaFleur - upright bass
Chris Courville - drums
If you enjoy music with a strong beat and lots of flair, this one is for you.
Free Music Review: Ca c'est bon!
Hit: 5 Stars
The Lost Bayou Ramblers have injected new life into traditional cajun music. Fresh acoustic renditions of cajun classics and quality originals from various members of the Michot family lend this group an old world authenticity that has been lacking in the genre as of late.
Fiddler and lead singer Louis Michot leads this swinging quintet, leaning into the vocals with the force of a Delta bluesman possessed. Live a la Blue Moon does an excellent job capturing the exciting and dynamic live performance of the Ramblers on their home turf at the Blue Moon Cafe in Lafayette. The album is excellent and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to lovers of any style of traditional folk music. Also, DO NOT pass up a chance to see these guys live. There's nothing else like it.