FREE music lesson will be given at the Moon from 7 to 7:45. This will be our regular Cajun Jam with an African Twist. Steve Riley will teach a music lesson from 7-7:45 on Wed. night. After the lesson, we will have an encore performance by Mamadou Diabate accompanied by Steve Riley and Friends. The Jam will take place after the show at 9:30. $5 admission or free before 7:30 or with an instrument. Free red beans will be served by Broussard's Cajun Cooking.

“The Archibalds are from Austin, Texas, and play a down-home, knee-slapping brand of
happy-pants music that will even make your crotchity, 90-year-old, closet-dyke, spinsiter-aunt fart in time to the music… and are destined to be on this blog's year-end best of list”

Afrissippi
AFRISSIPPI feat. GUELEL KUMBA / bio Kumba comes from Senegal, West Africa, and is a member of the FULANI people, nomadic cow people who spent centuries in the North African desert when it was still green before settling on the Atlantic Coast where many were captured by their enemies and sold into slavery. Kumba was born into the West African social caste known as GRIOTS, who pass down a millenniums worth of oral tradition including songs, stories, and lineages. As a youngster Kumba learned the molo, the one string guitar, and at age 8, the six string. When he was 20, he heard John Lee Hooker. The blues is close to my music.
The nucleus of AFRISSIPPI was born when Eric Deaton, apprentice of the late JUNIOR KIMBROUGH, invited Guelel to explore the hill country sound of North Mississippi. Eric carried Guelel to the home of bluesman R.L. BURNSIDE where they discovered the eerie similarities between some of Guelels Senegalese folk melodies and those of R.L. & JUNIOR, the patriarchs of the hill country boogie and cottonpatch trance blues.

From desert trance marches to fisherman chanteys, AFRISSIPPI channels ancient boogie music & todays Mississippi hill country groove through the Delta Recording style to give birth to a NEW SOUND. Super Chikan Johnson said it best when he declared, Its like the blues trying to be born!

Jeffery Broussard
& the Creole Cowboys | 8PM

A hot, new band in Southwest Louisiana’s Zydeco scene, Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys features the accordion mastery and soulful vocals of front man Jeffery Broussard, from the legendary band, Zydeco Force, along with long-time contributor to Cajun and Creole music, fiddle and guitar player, D’Jalma Garnier III. The band delivers great, pack-the-floor renditions of Creole classics as well as their own brand of contemporary Zydeco.

The Canes began with the simple idea of bringing together a group of seasoned Louisiana musicians with eclectic backgrounds and putting them in a room together to see what would happen. The result is a rhythmic mix of bluegrass, alt-country, and folk rock with a distinct Louisiana flavor. Drawing from influences like Wilco, Johnny Cash, Nickel Creek, Bob Dylan, and Clifton Cheneir, they’ve created an infectious, danceable groove that is, at once, fresh and familiar. The Canes are set to become a real presence in the deeply-rooted, regional scene and beyond.  

Corey "Lil Pop" Ledet has been setting local Zydeco and Cajun dance all and festival stages on fire. Whether he is playing his single row or piano key accordion, Corey's music ranges in style from old-time Creole and Zydeco to music done his own way.

Can kickers
The Can Kickers play old-timey riot music for dancing. Armed with a fiddle, a banjo, and a drumset, the group has toured for the past 7 years, playing over 600 shows in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe.

They take traditional old time stringband tunes and add high impact punk rock influenced breakbeats. It's raw, fast, loud, and joyful all at once. Audiences leave with sweat on their brows and smiles on their faces.

Tommy Ramone says, "The Can Kickers really know how to turn an old-time tune into a joyful, foot-stomping, shout it out, party!"

The Captain Legendary Band blends several elements of roots American music and classic country. Their style also merges traditional, progressive folk, bluegrass, and southern rock into a brew that pleases even skeptics of country music.

Wendy Colonna
Wendy has been voted "Best New Artist, 2005" by Jody Denburg, program director at KGSR (Austin, TX) and was featured on WFUV (NYC) as a "must hear" on their New Years Day play list. Even preceding a national radio launch, Wendy is gaining support and airplay across the Southwest and Gulf Region, as well as markets as diverse as Florida, NYC and even the Virgin Islands!
The extraordinary attention is all the more notable because Wendy is hard to categorize – rock but with soulful underpinnings, folk but with infectious melodies, a singer/songwriter but backed by a who's who of Austin's finest musicians and session players. As hard to pin down as Sunday morning bliss and as energizing as a Saturday night buzz – don’t try to label it, just indulge in it.

Curly Taylor
By the age of 25, Curley had played drums for some of Louisiana's finest legends including: CC Adcock, Steve Riley, John Hart, "Lil" Bob of the Lollipops, and his uncles, "Lil Buck" Senegal and Wayne "Blue" Burns. He traveled with CJ Chenier, also considered a great Louisiana legend. While traveling with Mr. Chenier, Curley found an interest in playing the accordion. After practicing and playing the accordion, Curley enjoyed it. He was told he "played the drums and the accordion with great emotion and natural feeling."

Doc Marshalls
In an ideal world, country radio would sound more like the Doc Marshalls. With influences ranging from traditionalists such as Buck Owens and Johnny Cash to innovators like Gram Parsons and Dwight Yoakam, this New York City-based five-piece delivers an honest, unflinching honky tonk sound. Not content to remain within the confines of a typical roots band, they also boast a raucous set of Cajun breakdowns and Zydeco shuffles.

Drowsy Maggie
Far from drowsy, this young, Lafayette-based band delivers high-energy Irish music. Though the music could be defined as contemporary, Drowsy Maggie still clings to the deep-set traditions of Ireland. No strangers to the stage, the band has performed across the Gulf South for festival crowds and more intimate audiences over the course of the past 8 years.  The trio includes Julia Higdon on the bagpipes, Pete Dawson on Irish flute and tinwhistle and Mike Lahey on guitar.

Danny O'Flaherty
Danny’s songs range from deep and soulful to silly and poetic. He has even written a wide range of children’s music. To hear him tell it he is just a simple Bard doing what has been done throughout the ages. But it only takes a moment of hearing him sing to know that he is much more special than that. His vocal talent knows no bounds as he sings one style of music as beautifully as the next. From songs of the sea and glen to aching calls for tolerance and peace, Danny O’Flaherty’s universal appeal as an artist rests on an unswerving commitment to the Celtic people throughout the world. This contemporary Celtic balladeer emulates the honored bards carrying on a centuries’ old tradition with every passionate note. Daniel J. O’Flaherty, storyteller, singer, songwriter.

Feufollet
Though members of the band have come and gone, the musical core formed by Stafford's accordion and Segura's fiddle and their combined interest in giving breath to old songs has remained the same. The present line-up, which has been intact since 2003, finds Stafford and Segura in good musical company. Singer Anna Laura Edmiston, a native French speaker who grew up in Montreal and Louisiana, brings passion and talent to the songs she sings and guitarist Josh Caffery, formerly of Cajun/swing outfit The Red Stick Ramblers, adds the ingredient of strong acoustic and electric lead guitar to Feufollet's sound. The rhythm section, anchored by the furiously solid drumming of Stafford's younger brother Michael and Taylor Guarisco's exuberantly funky bass lines, has never been tighter.
Feufollet has been a band of young prodigies for so long, it can be hard to talk about them as just a band. But that's just what they are: a band of extremely talented and seasoned musicians who continue to explore the vital music of their culture and region, perhaps with more excitement and ability than they ever have before.

Jungle Rockers
jun•gle rock•ers 1: a thick, tangled mass of dark, hot, pulsing, tropical, panty-peelin’, hip-grindin’, high-rollin’, body-movin’, down-at-the-crossroads-soul-sellin’ garage rockabilly rhythm and blues ear candy for the hot, soft, and sweet 2: your new favorite band to rock your socks off in the ruthless struggle for survival 3: you better lock up your women, ‘cause these boys are trouble
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First, you feel your booty bump, then your hips twist into a shimmy and a shake with a quiver up your spine. Before you know it, you’re grinding like a harlot and sweating like a demon to the purely pagan, garage rockabilly sound of The Jungle Rockers. Spawned in the rock ‘n’ roll capitol of the world, Cleveland, OH, these necromancers hypnotize with their molten melodies like a pack of hepcat snake charmers. Raised on heaping helpings of Chi-town blues, Ronnie Dawson rockabilly, and street-rat gutter punk, the Rockers honed their chops in the merciless maw of the American Midwest. Good-time carousers in search of a decent place to debauch, The Jungle Rockers are: Jason Leonard on guitar & vocals, Mike Molnar on lead guitar, Josh Williams on bass guitar, and Adam Buxton on the skins. Buckle your seatbelts, boys ‘n’ girls, ‘cause The Jungle Rockers are your one-way ticket to holy hell!

The Lafayette Rhythm Devils
Former teenage accordion phenom Kristi Guillory replaces the departed Peppy Carmello to cement LRD’s most formidable line-up yet. As an accordionist, she’s among the scene’s most rock solid, a perfect blend of full tonality, expressive playing and impeccable timing. Fiddler Chris Segura continues to amaze with his bluesy, weepy licks, especially given his high string ascendancy on “Blues Du Tac Tac.” There’s a consistent push about their music, nothing ridiculously breath-stealing but aggressive enough to remind you that this is the way Cajun dancehall music is supposed to feel.

Lil' Buck Sinegal
Allen Toussaint refers to Lil' Buck Sinegal as the "Gentle Giant" of the guitar. You have probably heard Lil' Buck Sinegal but perhaps you weren't aware of it. Sinegal is credited as a sideman on over three hundred recordings in each decade since the 1950s and has played thousands of concerts around the world. Some of the artists he recorded with were Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco, Rockin' Dopsie Sr. & Jr., Fernest Arceneaux, Katie Webster, Lazy Lester, Henry Gray, Paul Simon (Graceland), Jumpin' Johnny and Wallace Johnson.

Lil Nathan and the Zydeco Big Timers
Lil Nathan (Nathan Williams Jr.), who released his first CD at the age of 14, has matured into a highly accomplished musician. Like a lot of Zydeco performers, he grew up playing music, surrounded by a musical family. As the son of Nathan Williams Sr., leader of the Zydeco Cha Chas, as the nephew of Sid Williams and Dennis Paul Williams and great nephew of the late Harry Hypolite, and with connections through his family to many musicians in the Zydeco community, Lil Nathan was born with musical talent and nourished in a musical environment throughout his childhood. He has now moved beyond his Zydeco upbringing to expand his knowledge at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he is majoring in jazz studies and music media. Interviewed for Herman Fuselier’s liner notes to his 2007 CD, Doin’ It Big Time, Lil Nathan explains that in college he has “been exposed to chord progressions and different types of music that have influenced me in a lot of ways. I’m open-minded. I’ll listen to anything and make it work.” Instead of directly entering into the traditional rivalry for the claim to be at the top of the Zydeco mountain, Williams simply tells it like it is: “I’m not saying I’m better than anybody. I’ve just been exposed to some things other people have never been exposed to.” It’s that education combined with his musical background from birth that helps him turn the name of his band, the Zydeco Big Timers, into a CD that delivers on its title by Doin’ It Big Time.

Lost Bayou Ramblers
“Rustic, ribald and rugged tunes free of contemporary styling, it's not rock-influenced, amplified modern Cajun music -- but it rocks. The Lost Bayou Ramblers are what Cajun music was and should be.” -Nick Pittman, Times of Acadiana “It's not every day you see the Brooklyn Federation of Black Cowboys dismount their horses en masse, tie them up and head into a bar to jam… They were there to catch the Lost Bayou Ramblers, a high-energy Louisiana French band that was playing that night to a full house.” -Jennifer Romolini, Time Out New York

Mario Matteoli
After spending six successful years with The Weary Boys, where Matteoli opened up for such greats as Leon Russell, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, he decided to go in a different direction and focus exclusively on his solo career. In June of 2006, a 25-year-old Matteoli released “Hard Luck Hittin’,” his debut solo album. The album was well received by fans and critics alike. Some likened the album to the “acoustic solitude of Neil Young or the depressed world spun by Townes Van Zandt,” while others simply described it as “fantastic.”

Micheal Juan Nunez
MJN has shared the stage with famous artists such as Sonny Landreth, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Taj Mahal, Indigenous, Jimmy Vaughn, Tab Benoit, John Mayall, Corey Harris, Henry Grey and many more. He made his mark as vocalist and guitarist for the Lafayette, Louisiana based group the "RiverBabys". With this power house band, he released the self titled "RiverBabys" CD and "Thicker Than Water". In February 2003, the RiverBabys were finalist at the International Blues Competition in Memphis.

Caleb Riley Funk Orchestra
There are a lot of reasons why CRFO has blown up so fast: the town, the members and the talent. But the music, a concoction of equal parts Blaxploitation, Mardi Gras, Soul Jazz, and Merengue, seems to be what fans are coming back for.

Steve Riley
Steve Riley grew up in the prairie town of Mamou where French is spoken on the street, the national holiday is Mardi Gras, and a poor family is one without a fiddler or accordion player. American popular culture was stealing Mamou’s children away when Steve took up the accordion and became his hometown’s favorite son. He plays a single-row diatonic instrument made by his cousin, famed accordionist Marc Savoy. Steve concentrated on learning Savoy’s fiery, intricate style and the music of the Balfa Brothers. At age 15, this young prodigy was noticed by Dewey Balfa, who invited Steve to join his band. Under Dewey’s guidance, he grew as a performer, learning hundreds of French songs and how to sing them in Balfa’s singular hurts-so-good style, and taking up the fiddle as well. In 1988, he and David Greely formed the Mamou Playboys, which rapidly gained prominence on the international folk scene without sacrificing the allegiance of Louisiana fans. In a land where accordion is king, Steve has inspired countless young men and women to follow him and keep Cajun music’s royal instrument alive.

Roddie Romero & the Hub City All Stars

Roddie Romero & the Hub City All Stars
Critically acclaimed South Louisiana rockin' and pumpin' Cajun, Zydeco, along with introspective originals. A celebrated band that authenticates tradition yet pushes the future of swampland music. Described once as the "Los Lobos" of Louisiana music.

Troy Richard & the Richard Revue

Hailing from Lafayette, LA and deep Cajun roots, Creedence wrote exquisitely about it, but Richard Revue lives it (For those outside South Louisiana, it's pronounced 'Ree-shard). Recorded live in one room at a fishing camp on Bosco, LA, "Trademarks" comes across as a well thought out studio album with a country air. Songs address issue ranging from family and death to fishing and the boogie monster, as well as love, heartbreak, and time slipping away. Two-step drums, biting tones, and pedal steel guitar take these perfect acoustic songs to another plane.

Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars
When you're raised on the Zydeco and Cajun sounds of Southwest Louisiana and the groove of New Orleans, you can't go wrong. Roddie Romero & the Hub City All Stars are sure to pack the dance floor with their unmatched blend of South Louisiana rhythm and soul.
Roddie's passionate vocals, pumping accordian and mastery of the slide guitar leads the funkified groove of his talented band, the Hub City All Stars. You will not only experience great, original music at a Hub City All Stars' concert, but you'll witness the tightest band from the swamps of Louisiana put on an electrifying show.
It all happens behind one of the most soulful frontmen in the business. American music is Roddie Romero & the Hub City All Stars - born out of the Delta dirt, rising high off the levee of traditionalism, and into the future of Louisiana Music.

The Roebucks, based in south Louisiana, were formed in Baton Rouge 1991. They've been "doing" originals and a few obscure covers for years. And all in the style of the early Rock 'n Roll artists from the late 50's/early 60's... and oh yeah, and the surf and country thang from the 60's. Hell, it all ties together, don't it? Lots of twangin' guitar, cheap liquor, corny smartass jokes, semi-interesting stories, and striking good looks. Yeah that's them — a sort of a Surfin' Johnny Cash meets Bo Diddley kind of thing...

Rufus Jagneaux | 8PM

Contrary to popular belief, Rufus Jagneaux, sometimes called Rufus, is not a musician, but a musical group; it is led by Bennie Graeff, who sometimes claims to be Rufus in order to please club goers.  Founded in the late 1960s, this "Cajun hippie" swamp pop group differed from earlier bands of the genre in its use of 1960s folk and rock music elements.  Like other swamp pop groups, however, it drew heavily on rhythm and blues, country and western, and Cajun and black Creole sounds.  Rufus’ most popular song by far was the perennial sing-along favorite "Opelousas Sostan" (1971), which became an instant hit throughout Acadiana.  Another recording, "The Back Door" (1975), was a bilingual swamp pop re-recording of D. L. Menard’s Cajun classic "La porte d’en arrière"; it became a belated swamp pop classic when re-issued on compact disc in the 1990s.  Rufus broke up during the mid-1970s, and Graeff formed a less successful, short-lived group, PoBoy Rufus and the Sostan Band.  Several early Rufus members went on to join other vital south Louisiana groups, including Coteau, Beausoleil, Red Beans and Rice Revue, and Zachary Richard’s group, exerting a strong influence on the progressive Cajun sound that first appeared in the 1970s.

Kevin Sekhani
Kevin Sekhani may not be a household name, but his voice is well known to listeners. A native of Lafayette, LA, Kevin has occupied the stages and air- waves of Texas for the past decade as the voice of Radio Thieves’ rootsy power pop, the glam-techno stylings of Two Minute Sinatra and the baroque pop of Parade.

In its latest incarnation as a solo artist, Kevin’s career has made a turn to right back where it began, combining soulful vocals with Americana-laced melodic rock, equally informed by Van Morrison’s worldly voyages and the propulsive chug of the Old 97’s. With songs that reflect each mile of the path that has lead to right here, Kevin Sekhani is still blazing new trails and crafting hooky and heartfelt tunes along the way.

Leroy Thomas
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners is one of the hottest zydeco bands on the scene. He delivers the Louisiana Traditional Zydeco with hits that will make the party honk. When you hear this “Creole Cowboy” all you can do is stomp your feet to the beat. Leroy is a throwback to the first generation of Zydeco that knows when to mix a waltz into the proceedings. He has an encyclopedic repertoire of Zydeco, Cajun, R&B, Blues, and any other form of Louisiana roots music.

Horace Trahan, Jebb, Luke and Callen Huval and Matthew Doucet jammed together recently for the first time at a private party, while Horace and the Huval brothers have played Cajun music together for over 15 years.  The five had so much fun that they decided to make it official and start their own band. Horace is a powerhouse accordion player.  In the past decade and a half, he has experimented with every genre of south Louisiana music.  Matthew Doucet, from a family of Cajun musicians, was born to play fiddle.  Recently home after three years in Maine learning to build fiddles and bringing authentic Cajun music to Northern New England, Matthew is ready to tear it up back in Louisiana.  The rhythm section is made up of the three Huval brothers from Breaux Bridge—Jebb, Luke, and Callen—who bring their biologically in-sync intensity that will make you make you stomp your feet. 

Weary Boys
In the independent tradition of Austin musicians, The Weary Boys have maintained control over their music, releasing a self-produced album every year, and managing themselves. When banjo phenom Matt Downing joined the band in January 2007 loose rehearsals turned into loose recording sessions. Those recording sessions turned in to their sixth release Coalinga, an energetic mix of new arrangements of traditional and bluegrass tunes along with two originals.
Texas has been good to the boys and they have returned the favor. A band of outlaws in an outlaw town in a state that does things its own way, The Weary Boys continue to remind us what country music is all about.