T Marie and Bayou JuJu at Ashkenaz

T Marie & Bayou Juju channel Ancestral and Next Generation South Louisiana Sounds… This band serves up a fresh take on traditional Cajun, Creole, Lala-Zydeco, Swamp Pop, Blues, and New Orleans R n B …. and then wows you with new original songs imbued with that good juju from the bayou.
Check out their albums featuring everything from acoustic improv in an empty cathedral … to live shows from the sweaty dancefloors of dive bars … to the sounds of a seven piece band rocking a festival on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Theirs is a flavorful blend of music that evokes back porches, vast prairies, mysterious bayous, sweaty dancefloors, and raucous streets... a little something to stir everyone… body, heart, and soul.

Marie-Isabelle "T Marie" Evangeline Pautz grew up in Lafayette Louisiana, speaking Louisiana French and learning Louisiana Folkways from her grandparents, who lived across the street from her. Her great grandfather and grandfather had been cajun fiddlers and farmers in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana and her mother was part of the movement to rescue Louisiana French dialects. After a foot injury kicked her off the dancefloor, T Marie picked up the fiddle to carry on the family tradition .... which then led to the launch of T Marie and Bayou Juju, Dance Workshops, and the Louisiana Cultures Camp Festival. Today you can find her playing the same exact fiddle that her great grandfather and grandfather played before her.

Adam Bellard grew up immersed in the sounds of Louisiana - swamp pop on the radio in MawMaw’s kitchen, high-stepping marching bands at the football game, funky blues in the less than legal juke joint... but it took a move away from home to make him realize that all he needed in life is hot boudin and good Cajun music. Now he gets both, playing guitar and accordion at home in Louisiana.