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06/04/09 - SUMMER TIME RAMBLIN' -
The heat has arrived and the ramblers are ready to roll! Lost Bayou will be making stops across the South, starting Friday, June 5 at the Opelousas Spice and Music Festival at 7pm, followed by the one and only Keith Frank. On June 12, the Ramblers will hit the Continental Club in Houston, followed by the Continental Club in Austin on June 13. We'll then ramble over to New Orleans to perform at the Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival on June 14, at 5pm. Traveling up the mighty Mississippi on June 25, we'll take part in the Sangamon Watershed Celebration in Decatur, IL. As part of our Wetlands awareness campaign, LBR has procduced multi-media presentation, featuring Dr. Whitney P. Broussard, linking Cajun culture to the fastest dissapearing landmass in the world, the Louisiana coastline. While in the area, we'll perform at Fitzgeralds Night Club on Friday, June 26 with C.J. Chenier, son of the late King of Zydeco, and finish the trip off at the Irish-American Heritage Center on June 27.
04/22/09 - FESTIVAL TIME - It's Festival Time ya'll; if you're not in the area, shame on you - make plans for next year's festival season. For those that are here, good on ya, you know where its at. The Lost Bayou Ramblers kick it all off at the Blue Moon Wednesday night w/ Jeffery Broussard, then move to NOLA for Jazz Fest and DBA with the Zydepunks. Then the boys finish it all off with a trek to Houston for the International Festival. Check out the Calendar for more details.
04/17/09 -
DL Menard 77th b-day w/LBR & Horace Trahan @ Grant St Fri Nite Apr 17 - Join the Lost Bayou Ramblers and Horace Trahan in honoring DL Menard on his 77th birthday this Friday night at Grant St. Dancehall in Lafayette.
Right after Marcia Ball @ downtown alive - Grant Street doors open at 8:00, 9:00 Lost Bayou Ramblers w/ D L Menard and Horace Trahan and other special guests honoring the " Back Door Man " on his 77th birthday, then at 11:00 Horace Trahan & the Ossun Express take the stage.
04/02/09 - CRIA AND MORE W/ VIN BRUCE, FESTIVAL TIME - As we move from Lenten Season to Festival time the band has some great upcoming gigs backing-up one of our all-time Cajun favorites, Mr. Vin Bruce. The first will be this Sunday April 5th at the Bluemoon for CRIA's Acadiana Seed Bank fundraiser, along with the Vrai Boys, Les Freres Michot and Joe Hall. Then after a LBR show at the French Quarter Festival on April 18th, the band and Vin will be playing down the bayou in Cuttoff at The Boutte. Then look out for a slew of gigs for Festival Time - Check out our Calendar for details. |
02/15/09 - ALLONS MARDI GRAS - We have a few gigs coming up for Mardi Gras to tell you all about; First off the Lost Bayou Ramblers and the Pine Leaf Boys will be playing on Friday February 20th at the Blue Moon as part of their Mardi Gras festivities. Secondly, on Sunday at 3pm the Lost Bayou Ramblers will be performing as part of the Cajun Field Mardi Gras Festival. Check out our Calendar for more details.
02/09/09 - GRAMMY CONGRATS - The Lost Bayou Ramblers would like to congratulate BeauSoleil, this year's winner of the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco / Cajun Group. |
12/31/08 - BEST OF THE BEAT - Offbeat's annual music and food-filled Best of the Beat awards is slated for the House of Blues in New Orleans on January 31. This year not only are the Lost Bayou Ramblers up for Best Cajun Band, but the guys will also be performing as part of the night's festivities. The lineup of new and old homegrown talent with food from the best restaurants in New Orleans make it a highly anticipated event so get your tickets now. Click here for more details.
12/21/08 - HAPPY HOLIDAYS / JOYEAUX NÖEL / NEW YEAR - The Lost Bayou Ramblers would like to wish eveyone out there a happy holiday season and joyful new year. 2008 was certainly a fun one for the band, and we'd like to thank all the people that helped us over the course of last year and certainly all those that came out to shows, whether it was here at home in Louisiana, across the US, or abroad. We're working on filling out the schedule for next year so check back at our Calendar for upcoming gigs.
12/04/08 - CONGRATS TO THIS YEAR'S ZYDECO/CAJUN GRAMMY NOMINEES - We'd like to congratulate this year's batch of nominees: Pine Leaf Boys, Cedric Watson, Beausoleil, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, and Michael Doucet.
10/06/08 - FESTIVAL ACADIENS et CREOLES / BLUEMOON CD RELEASE - This Weekend is the big Festival Acadiens et Creoles in Lafayette. Come on out October 10-12th for three days of great Creole and Cajun music - especially Saturday from 1-2 pm on the Heritage Stage for the Lost Bayou Ramblers. You can also catch the band this Friday at the Blue Moon with Jeffery Broussard
& the Creole Cowboys & The Bluerunners for the Best of the Bayou CD Release Party.
09/03/08 - VERMILIONAIRE CD RELEASE PARTIES
The Lost Bayou Ramblers are proud to announce their latest full-length release, Vermilionaire (Bayou Perdu Records), with a CD release party on September 5th at the Blue Moon Saloon in Lafayette, LA and additional release events in Baton Rouge (Chelseas Cafe 9/6) Austin, TX (Continental Club 9/12-13) and more. So if you are in the area, finish cleaning that Gustav debris and come on out.
09/03/08 - VERMILIONAIRE.COM WETLANDS RESOURCES
The Lost Bayou Ramblers are also proud to announce the launch of their new website - Vermilionaire.com - dedicated to Wetlands Preservation Resources and Advocacy. The Wetlands of the Gulf Coast are not only important to those of us that live in Louisiana, but it is invaluably important to the entirety of our nation - from ecology, to culture, to industry; the health of our Wetlands effects us all. Please visit the site and let us know what you think, and if you have any suggestions for more resources or news please let us know.
08/26/08 - MAMOU CAJUN & PLAISANCE ZYDECO FESTIVALS
Come on out this Labor Day weekend to two of Louisiana's best summer music festivals. Hello all Cajun and Zydeco music lovers, the Mamou Cajun Music Festival and the Plaisance Zydeco Festival. The Lost Bayou Ramblers will perform this Friday night from 6-8pm at the Mamou Cajun Music Festival, followed then Saturday at the Plaisance Zydeco Festival from 12:15-1:15pm.
07/24/08 - CALGARY FOLK FESTIVAL
After some great local gigs at the Bluemoon and Gulf Brew 2008 our Lost Bayou Ramblers are digging up the passports and gearing up for a weekend with our northern neighbors at the Calgary Folk Festival. This year's festival includes some great bands and our boys are very excited to be included in such a prestigious lineup. For more information visit the Calgary Folk Festival.
06/09/08 - NOLA CAJUN & ZYDECO FEST / MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER
This weekend the band will be in New Orleans for the Jazz and Heritage Foundation's Cajun & Zydeco Festival, part of the city's Vieux-To-Do event. There will be some great bands from Acadiana there all weekend so come out, get some great food and dance the day away. Thanks to Offbeat for featuring the band in this month's issue. Then next weekend (06/21), the boys fly to Maryland to play at the Maryland Science Center's yearly fundraiser Event. This year the theme is Beau Soleil, and includes entertainment from the Lost Bayou Ramblers and Buckwheat Zydeco. Check out their site for more details.
05/16/08 - SUPPORT UL's SOLAR DECATHALON TEAM / WETLANDS EVENT IN NOLA
UL Lafayette's School of Architecture and Design is one of only 20 international teams selected to participate in the Solar Decathlon competition which seeks out the best design by university students for a solar-powered and energy efficient home. The Lost Bayou Ramblers will be playing at an event in support of the team this weekend - you can find out more here. Also this weekend the band will be performing at an event focusing on Wetlands Preservation put ion by the Historic New Orleans Collection. You can find out more about this event here.
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