★★★★★
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2012-04-02
★★★★★
Turn the clock back 70 years, western swing-influenced Cajun string bands ride again. Well, not exactly, but at least no one will accuse Lafayette's Lost Bayou Ramblers of being the next wannabe knockoff. Instead, they symbolize an era that's been sadly neglected by today's sound-alike purveyors, that being the '30s when the Hackberry Ramblers dropped the squeezebox and everyone followed suit...
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2010-11-09
★★★★★
The studio efforts of The Lost Bayou Ramblers are simply phenomenal—raucous tunes that both stay true to Cajun simplicity and employ complicated interplay between fiddle and accordion, plus a swing-era style rhythm section. Recorded over a two-night stand at the Blue Moon Saloon in Lafayette, their new live CD release, Live: à la Blue Moon, does its best to capture the essence of a LBR live show. Cajun music is live music...
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2010-11-09
★★★★★
The album's conceit is announced in the opening to "Mello Joy Boy Theme Song," when a voice through some faraway radio announces, "The Mello Joy Boys are on the air." Lost Bayou Ramblers present the Mello Joy Boys is a mythical radio broadcast featuring a mythical dance band from the 1940s, with the name coming from Mello Joy coffee, a brand made and sold in Acadiana...
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2010-11-09
★★★★★
By most objective measures, it would be wrong to call Grammy-nominated Cajun band the Lost Bayou Ramblers punk rock, but everything they play goes forward and does so hard (though not necessarily fast). They keep it straightforward (though not necessarily simple), and they're not afraid of abrasive textures (particularly in Andre Michot's accordion)...
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2010-11-02
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