Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Trio with Amis Du Teche

STEVE RILEY AND THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS TRIO

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys began thirty-five years ago with a reputation for excellence. Their stunningly clean and cohesive performance of Cajun French music from the backwaters of Southwest Louisiana propelled them into the world music limelight early on, and by their third release, Trace of Time, had garnered them a Grammy nomination in the worldwide field of traditional folk music, another in 2004 for Bon Reve, in 2009 for Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and again in 2011 for their release, Grand Isle.

From the day they started, they have gone from strength to strength. Never before in Cajun music has a comparable wealth of skills been brought to the same table.

When all that heart and all that skill focus on the revelry of a hot two-step, then turn on a dime and deliver an a cappella ballad, then play something that sounds like Howlin’ Wolf fell in love with a Creole girl, you’ve found the most Cajun music you can find in any one spot.

AMIS DU TECHE

Translation,' Friends of the Teche'.
Simply named because its members are friends
who grew up around the historic Bayou Teche in Breaux Bridge Louisiana.
Amis du Teche is steeped in the Louisiana Cajun, music culture.

When we talk about music roots in Louisiana it's fathers, mothers, uncles, grandparents, and a long lineage of influences that start in the home and the local community and Amis du Teche was raised in the heart of it all.
Now nineteen years of age, Adeline Miller has been playing Fiddle since she was 5 and has performed Cajun music with her younger brother, Robert, as far as Portland, Maine, and Nova Scotia, Canada, for their Festival Acadien de Clare. Adeline has attended the Sainte Anne University French Immersion Program in Nova Scotia multiple times; and is currently at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette as part of the Cajun Ensemble and Blue Grass Ensemble. She performs at local venues and festivals as well.
Also nineteen, Amelia Powell learned quickly about music at home. Her father Dirk Powell has a lifetime of old tyme musical experience and is also well versed in cajun accordion and fiddle and her mom Christine Balfa Toujours is a prominent cajun musician and vocalist of the bands Balfa Toujours and Grammy nominated Bon Soir Catin. Christine Balfa is the daughter of Dewey Balfa who was invited by Ralph Rinzler in 1964 to, perform at the Newport Folk Festival. Dewey’s strong sense of tradition was based on a deep musical heritage going back generations in his family as well. Together with his brothers Will and Rodney, and later his nephew Tony and daughter Christine, Dewey brought the Cajun sound to countless people around the world and inspired generations of Cajun people with a deep and abiding pride in their cultural heritage and in doing so has reached his granddaughter Amelia and those now in her generation.
Robert Miller, brother to Adeline, has been playing Cajun music since he was five with acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and upright bass. He has performed with his sister, Adeline, as far as Portland, Maine, in the USA and Nova Scotia, Canada. Robert has also played for local venues and festivals along side his sister such as the prominent Festivals Acadians et Creoles, Festival International, & Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival.
Laykin Usie (16) has been playing drums since he was three years old and performs several other instruments as well. He is the son of accomplished bass player and drummer Gary Usie who has performed cajun music most of his life and performs with well-known artists such as Jamie Bergeron and the Kicking Cajuns and Grammy-nominated Roddie Romero & the Hub City Allstars.

With a very rich repertoire reaching deep into the archives of Cajun music classics and drawing from the best compositions of their contemporary peers, the talent, cultural influences and musical curiosity of Amis du Teche should peak the best of music lovers' and aficionados' curiosity as we watch this young vibrant band emerge!

SHOW IS STRICTLY 21 & UP

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