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Pine Leaf Boys
Phone: 773-728-6000
Price: $22, $20 members, $18 seniors and children
Though I used to love Beausoleil, I lost interest when the Cajun juggernaut started angling for a new audience with a middle-of-the-road rock-based approach in the 90s. So I'm glad to see a younger generation, like the Pine Leaf Boys from Lafayette, Louisiana, picking up the mantle of the classic bayou sound. The group suffered a setback after their sophomore record with the departure of vocalist, violinist, and accordionist Cedric Watson—who just released his second album, the excellent L'esprit Creole (Valcour)—but on their latest, Homage au Passe (Lionsgate), they've still got a zesty front line of squeeze box and fiddle, and they serve up soulful, careening waltzes, pumping grooves, and rowdy stomps. As you might expect given that members of the band are connected to Cajun greats like Marc Savoy and the Balfa Brothers by literal bloodlines, the Pine Leaf Boys almost always stick to fundamentals. Despite its contemporary energy, their music is hardly progressive—but I'll take it. I think Beausoleil already proved that tinkering with tradition doesn't always work out. —Peter Margasak
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Old Town School of Folk Music
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