Cajun RoostersTom Attah

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Cajun Roosters http://www.cajunweb.de/en/band/band.htm

Since last time at KBC in January 2009, this multi-award winning truly international band have been augmented by the considerable talents of Hazel Scott on guitar & vocals, thus completing the line-up of the finest and most experienced Cajun and Zydeco musicians in Europe. They have a reputation as one of the most authentic Cajun and Zydeco bands around, putting them in the forefront of the scene and earned them headline festival appearances in Germany, France, Netherlands, UK, Denmark, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium and Italy.
They are equally at home playing blues festivals, jazz festivals, folk roots festivals, and Cajun/Zydeco festivals as their varied repertoire gives them an unmatched ability to appeal to so many audiences. This repertoire includes not just Cajun and Zydeco but also Swamp Blues, Louisiana Rock ‘n Roll, Creole and New Orleans beats.

The band were formed when Chris Hall, multi award winning and legendary accordion player, and drummer Sam Murray, both from England joined forces with 3 former members of The Cajun Pioneers. The CAJUN ROOSTERS story began as Chris Hall used his considerable experience and knowledge of the music to hone the band into a tighter, leaner and more authentic machine with a groove that is second to none outside Louisiana. The addition of Michael Bentele on bass, Hartmut Hegewald on fiddle, both top ranked cajun players, was invaluable and sparked off a joint group motivation to be the best band around playing this music and consequently they very rapidly became first choice for many festivals and stages looking for a band that could energise audiences and relate to crowds of all sizes.

• Click here to see the Cajun Roosters performing 'Un Matin'.
• Click here to see the Cajun Roosters performing 'Flames D'enfer (Flames of Hell)'. 
• Click here to listen to audio tracks by the Cajun Roosters.
  

Tom Attah http://www.tomattah.com/

“Tom Attah has a fine line in dobro and slide guitar and a voice that is perfectly suited to the blues with elements of Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker and Robert Cray in his vocals and in his finely honed technique.” Ben MacNair, Blues In Britain.

Tom is studying towards a Ph.D. from Salford University. His thesis examines the effects of technological mediation in the blues – but enough of all that!  What you really want to know is a that Tom, who relocated from the south of England to Sheffield more than a decade ago, is a great musician – the self-styled ‘Living Bluesman’ in fact.  His strong delta-esque songs went down a storm when he performed them on the Bourbon Street Stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival. Driving, rocking, heavy, delicate and relevant, Tom proves that powerful blues and folk are alive and well with lyrics that resonate and a performance style that recalls the emotional rawness of Robert Johnson, the barrel-chested roar of Muddy Waters, the sophistication of Robert Cray and the simple poetry of Seasick Steve.

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