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Oui On Peut
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Oui On Peut
Album: Oui, On Peut
Released: Oct 22, 2008
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  • Genre: Americana / Folk / Roots Music

    Location BREAUX BRIDGE, Louisiana, US

    Profile Views: 58335

    Last Login: 3/5/2009

    Member Since 2/9/2006

    Website http://www.balfatoujours.com

    Record Label Rounder

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Thanks for your interest in Balfa Toujours. .... We are a traditional Cajun band from Southwest Louisiana whose goal is to carry on in the footsteps of our mentors the Balfa Brothers. Led by Christine Balfa, the daughter of the great Cajun fiddler and ambassador Dewey Balfa, we play the traditional music that has been handed down in the family for generations. .... Our aim is to keep the music alive and healthy; we do not try to preserve it as if it were a museum piece, but neither do we change it purely for the sake of modernization. In short you could say that our desire is to maintain the music's original role as a source of individual expression and a focal point for the community. Now, with the internet reaching all corners of the globe, that "community" has grown exponentially to include all those who are curious about the culture of Cajun Louisiana. .... We welcome this international swell of interest in our music and our area, and in that spirit we hope that this web-site will be of help to you. Please feel free to check out the areas most suited to you and in the meantime we will hope to see you at one of the many upcoming Balfa Toujours engagements scheduled around the world.

  • Members

    Christine Balfa Powell (Guitar, Triangle, Vocals), Dirk Powell (Accordion, Fiddle, Bass, Vocals), Kevin Wimmer (Fiddle, Vocals), Courtney Granger (Fiddle, Vocals)

  • Influences

    The Balfa Brothers, Bois-Sec Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, Dennis McGee, Lawrence Walker, Aldus Roger, Nathan Abshire, Carlton Frank, John Delafose, Clifton Chenier, Octa Clark & Hector Duhon, Wade Frugé, Cleoma Breaux Falcon and Joseph Falcon, Danny Poullard, Wallace "Cheese" Read, and all the pioneers who came before us.

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