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A LIVE! CD has been recorded of the Pine Leaf Boys at Jazz Fest in New Orleans. We will have them for sale in a few days.

THANK YOU ALL for voting for the Pine Leaf Boys in the BIG EASY AWARDS and awarding us with the Best Cajun Band for 3 years in a row

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Pine Leaf Boys, winner of 3 Big Easy Awards and Nominated 2 times for the GRAMMY, are featured in
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Pine Leaf Boys have returned from 2 weeks in the Middle East. Visit our blog for photos and stories from abroad.

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Hommage au Passé the Grammy-nominated album, available for sale now!

PROMO PICTURES

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bachlunchIt's hard to avoid food metaphors when writing about Cajun music. The words spicy, saucy, tangy all lend themselves well to its description, but such hackneyed clichés have no place in the Metro Santa Cruz... it must be noted that the Pine Leaf Boys play Cajun/Zydeco music like no other twentysomethings we've ever heard. Musical polygamists, they frequently swap accordions, guitars, fiddles midshow and sound good no matter who is playing what. The experience of a good zydeco show is like being in an unruly bar brawl without all that pesky fighting. Rowdy dancing and a sense of communal inebriation are the order of the evening, so polish up those alligator boots and get ready to romp.

- Metro Santa Cruz,
November 30-December 7, 2005

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The Pine Leaf Boys are a new generation of Cajun musicians from Louisiana who not only grew up with the music but live and breathe it. The young PLBs play authentic, traditional Cajun, Creole and zydeco music while adding some updates of their own.

- Berkeley Community Calendar

"I went to hear and dance to the Pine Leaf Boys last night here in Atlanta. I think they are one of the best new young bands from the genre that I have heard in a very long time. Cedric Watson (fiddler extraordinaire) and Wilson Savoy (brilliant - accordion, vocals, and fiddle) capture the soul of so many of the older artists, including musicians such as Canray Fontenot through Danny and Edward Poullard (to whom they recorded an homage on their CD entitled La Musique). Their music is infused with such enthusiasm and energy..."

- Local review of show in Atlanta, Georgia

cdLa Musique's 14 cuts perfectly capture their spirit. Their looseness comes across as effortless talent as they switch up duties and play what can best be described as rollicking back-porch music. With the subtle changes in their style and the three vocalists' distinct sounds, the album never lags as it crackles along, recorded on analog.

It's remarkably adherent to old styles, with its roots running deep, yet it is incredibly fresh and resoundingly vibrant.

-Nick Pittman, Times of Acadiana

Top Ten Reasons to See the Pine Leaf Boys by Bruce Handelman

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