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Leo Soileau (1904–1980) was one of the most prolific Cajun recording artists of the 1930s and 1940s. He recorded over 100 songs, which was a substantial amount considering the reluctance to record the music during its early stages. His first recording was made in 1928, when he joined fellow musician Mayeus Lafleur in recording what is widely considered only the second documented recording of the genre, "He Mon". After Lafleur was killed in a quarrel over moonshine just two weeks after the recording, Leo began recording with fellow accordionist Moise Robin. His most well-known song was the hit "Jolie Blonde",...

Averaging over 200 gigs per year for the past few years, Ryan Montbleau Band has generated the kind of buzz that only surrounds a talented artist on the verge. Emerging onto the national music scene from his home base of Boston, Ryan Montbleau has been described as something of a Martin Sexton by way of Van Morrison and Stevie Wonder. Yet Ryan Montbleau Band’s music is difficult to pigeon-hole or neatly categorize. It is original yet familiar—a fresh sound full of firmly-rooted ingredients, including Americana, folk, blues, ragtime and ’70’s R&B and soul. Whereas the band’s intriguing instrumentation and arrangements...

Christophe Bailleau is a multimedia artist - a Frenchman living in Belgium for over 15 years - a curious videast and sound designer. Building sound and video installations - plays in improvisation bands such as: ´ARDEN´ - with Mitchell Akiyama, Sogar, Amute, Jeuc Dietrich, Stephane Fedelle, Sebastien Roux, Won, Alinosky, etc... - a multiform free rock electronica band (an album was released at Stilll records, Belgium in 2005) and ´Porc-Epic´ - a free ensemble with different persons involved coming from electronica, free folk and psyche fields. Discography: 2004: Cosmet Nihil - Le cri de la harpe / Madame Colre -...