Cow Island Hop

Feufollet

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 2008)
• Original Release Date: July 1, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Valcour Records
• ASIN: B001A4MMKG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,662 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Feufollet, Crow Island Hop

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Taking Cajun music into the 21st Century, September 14, 2008

By	Steven I Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phono... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Taking Cajun music into the 21st Century

The group of six young musicians from Louisiana have taken the traditional string band music performed by the Balfa Brothers in the 1940s-1960s and that of Beausoliel and Mark Savoy in the 70s and 80s and tweaked it to bring it up to the 21st century.

I haven't gone to their web site yet (www.feufollet.com) to download the lyrics in English (the songs are all performed in French) so I'm not sure what the subject of each is. But the arrangements and instrumentation had me from the get-go.

The CD doesn't list the instruments each of the members plays - and they are shown in photos without instruments - so I can't pick the standouts. But their "guest musicians" play drums, Steel Guitar, Mellotron, Trumpet, Saxophone and TUBA. (TUBA????). And it works.

Most of the songs are traditional ones that I recognized from recordings by the aforementioned Cajun legends, and there are a few original songs as well. The CD runs less than 45 minutes for the 11 tracks and suddenly I found the album ending. We, it was time to hit the "replay" button.
When time permits, I'll check out their web site and learn more about them. Until then, all I can say is that the music is mighty fine.

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful, emerging new voice in Cajun music, January 20, 2009

By	Allison Rose Lopez - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A wonderful discovery we heard about on NPR. We grew up in Southern Louisiana, and this music is the spirit of Acadiana. They are being called the Beau Soleil of our generation, and that's a fair honor for this wonderful, emerging group.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feufollet is unique, December 23, 2008

By	Russell A. Smith "Russ Smith" (San diego, CA. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Feufollet is a group of people who had started performing at a young age, But know where they wanted to be and became a great entertainment group. The music is cajun (Arcadian) and I find it uplifting and lifelike at times. I highly recommend this album as both fun and enlightening. It is a look into a culture that we seldom see.