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Gordon Gano was also featured on the Lost Bayou Ramblers' 2012 release, Mammoth Waltz, along with guest artists Scarlett Johansson and Dr. John. Besides the diverse list of guests, Mammoth Waltz was a musical breakthrough for LBR and the genre as a whole, drawing on influences from the modern soundscape beyond the genre.
From the 1990s to the present, artists such as Lee Benoit, Cory McCauley, Jason Frey, Mitch Reed and Randy Vidrine, Christine Balfa of Balfa Toujours, Ray Abshire, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, the Pine Leaf Boys, and Chris Miller have been popular with contemporary audiences while maintaining a connection with traditional forms. [14]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of 46 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10.The website's consensus reads: "Rodents of Unusual Size approaches a variety of timely and thought-provoking subjects from fresh angles—and a lot of surprisingly large creatures in the bargain."
He and the Rayne-Bo Ramblers, with the band leader being Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc, performed six songs in 1935, with Abshire being listed in the credits as "Nason Absher". [7] He also played with the Rayne-Bo Ramblers again in the 1960s. [3] [2] Abshire was a member the U.S. Army and was in World War II which stopped him from playing the ...
Katharine Whalen is a musician, singer, and songwriter originally from Greenville, North Carolina. [1] She contributed vocals, banjo, and ukulele as a member of the Chapel Hill jazz band Squirrel Nut Zippers, a group that she founded in 1993 with then-husband Jimbo Mathus.
(The Center Square) – Thomas Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, testified before Congress this week about the need for financial reform in the government. "The budget has ...
Mighty Uke follows the history of the ukulele's popularity from its earliest days in the court of Hawaiian King David Kalākaua through the ‘lost’ years, then its first revival on early radio and the stages of vaudeville; then through several decades in the shadows again as jazz flourished until the days of early television and revival again with stars such as Arthur Godfrey.
The Hackberry Ramblers (also known as the Riverside Ramblers) is a Grammy Award-nominated Cajun music band based in Hackberry, Louisiana and formed in 1933. Since its heyday in the late 1930s it has become one of the most recognized names and influential groups in Cajun music.