Thursday, April 3, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014
DOUBLE TROUBLE ZYDECO continued
Mo Creole: Who is the
greatest life inspiration for each or both of you—and why?
Benjamin: The greatest
inspiration to me now in life is my wife. She's everything to me. She motivates
me to be the best at whatever I do. She pushes me, and for that I love her
soooo much. Before I get on stage, she always tells me, ‘I love you, Hun. Pull
the hell put of that accordion,’ with a big smile, and—I smile back and tell
her, ‘Oh, bae, I will—lol! And my twin brother is my inspiration also, because
we been through a lot together. All we had was each other. Lol. It’s difficult
at times being a twin, but I love my brother. But coming up as a child, I
really didn't have inspiration—but my self. I was rascal. I wanted to be that
cool kid, even if it meant acting stupid at times. Now, music wise, I have good
friends that played Zydeco—or still play, like the great Jeffery Broussard,
very talent man. I listen to everything he says about Zydeco. I have a lot of
respect for him. I grew up on Zydeco Force when I was a kid. I use to go watch
him and the Broussard Brothers, along with Lil Pookie, under the tree. And they
would just play, be jamming. A good friend also, Lil Jeff Boutté—I started
jamming with him. And for family events or just to jam, he use to always tell
me u can play the hell out of that accordion all you want. But sing. You need to sing. I was very
shy to sing. He's actually the reason I sing, still, this day. He said, “Music
is what u feel. So play and sing how you feel.” He was a very good mentor for me
and my brother, on just learning how to control the band and being a band leader.
I thank him for those long talks just talking about music. Our bass player J'No
Soul Creole—he's a good inspiration to us as well, a very talented player on
accordion and bass. Before we perform, I always would go talk to him—or if I
just need advice. His words was, “Twin, man, do y'all thang with a smile. Y’all
got it.” I have a lot of respect for him, too. André Thierry is another
inspiration to me. I started playing the accordion my sophomore-junior year in
high school, and I taught my self. So I always use to hear things about him—‘Andre
Thierry the baddest man in the land with the accordion in his hand’. I would
always hear that, so I would go on YouTube and watch his videos. And he is a
great—excellent accordion player, and I want to play like him one day.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
THE SLEDGE GRITS BAND
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| The four Sledge Grits sisters — Ella, Kiko, Mimi, and boPa — won the Next Great Family Band contest on the COZI TV Network, on NBC. |
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Nikkole I Mizik
ROYAUM-UNIS d’ANGLETÈR — Cleopatra té larênn Égipt. Creolepatra, chanter-là Nikkole, li larênn UK Top 10 Chart Show Essence of Soul-là.
Nikkole ç’ape tyen fòs pozisyon nîmero ain, n’ot smènn, kòt Royaum-Unis d’Angletèr, avèk sô chanson “Imperfections,” sòti disk-là Creolepatra.
THE UNITED KINGDOM — Cleopatra was the Queen of Egypt. Creolepatra, the singer Nikkole, is the reigning Queen of the United Kingdom Top 10 Chart Show Essence of Soul.
Nikkole’s holding strong to the No. 1 position another week in the UK with her song “Imperfections,” off the album Creolepatra.
Gumbo I Mizik
NOUVÈL ÒLEON — Yé pèl ça Gumbo, men pa nutri-là – pa lalang. Gumbo-çi-là li diferan.
Batèr Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste, Kréyòl Lwizyàn é memb orijinal de grup-ça Meters, té jwinn avèk chantèr Erykah Badu é produktèr Mark Ronson pou fé nouvo chanson ki gain nom dê gñam-ça, ki laim un ta dê moun Kréyòl.
Yé trò muzisyen tou travayé ansanm avèk Mos Def, Trombone Shorty é The Dap Kings pou fé chanson “Gumbo” pou film-là RE: GENERATION, un enkò-mèle, enkò-fé épi enkò-ide dê çenk mòd mizik tradisyonal é tou diferan.
NEW ORLEANS — They call it Gumbo, but not like the food – and not the language. This Gumbo’s different.
Drummer Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste, a native Louisianan and original member of The Meters, joined with singer Erykah Badu and producer Mark Ronson to make a new song titled after the popular culinary dish, beloved by the Creole world.
Modeliste, Badu and Ronson collaborated with Mos Def, Trombone Shorty and The Dap Kings to make “Gumbo” for the film RE: GENERATION, which has been described as “a remix, recreate and re-imagine (of) five traditional styles of music.”
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