UPDATED What happens when producer Louis Michot of the Lost Bayou Ramblers translates rock classics into contemporary Cajun/Creole music? Alchemy, pure alchemy. Not that the originals by the Who, the Doors, Neil Young and more weren’t 14-karat to begin with, but try making something new out of any one of them that still retains a [...]
Tag Archives: Ryan Brunet and the Malfecteurs
Various Artists, En Français: Cajun ‘n’ Creole Rock ‘n’ Roll (Bayou Teche Records)
November 1, 2011 – 12:53 am
Ryan Brunet and the Malfecteurs, Ryan Brunet and the Malfecteurs (Independent)
August 1, 2010 – 12:20 am
With the ongoing revival of Cajun music, there’s nothing earth-shattering about a competent accordionist who happens to be in his mid-20s. Unless you factor in Ryan Brunet, that is. He doesn’t hail from the prairies of Southwest Louisiana, the territorial hot bed of traditionalism, but Vin Bruce’s bayou country, where decent traditional players number in [...]
