Soulful, driving Cajun music from two families with a musical bond in a new band playing the music that first drew them together.
Deux Familles is a traditional Cajun band that spans generations and continents yet resides soulfully at the heart of the music.
The seeds for the band were sown in the 1990s when Balfa Toujours, the next generation of Louisiana’s famous Balfa family, toured England for the first time and met the Flatville Aces, who were at the forefront of the Cajun music explosion in the UK.
Jock Tyldesley and Dirk Powell became lifelong friends in this era, sharing stages across the globe. As the music led them down life’s most important paths, Jock met Vera van Heeringen, former member of the Cajun Company, Holland’s premier Cajun group.
Soon, these two families, though residing an ocean apart, raised another generation of soulful musicians. Amelia Powell grew up on the bayou, immersed in Louisiana tradition, and Lucas Tyldesley grew up surrounded by Europe’s greatest Cajun players. Today, this five-piece band brings the classic Louisiana sound - accordion, fiddle, guitar, bass, and drums - to audiences with an infectious warmth and familial joy. There are a few Appalachian and Country flavors thrown in but, for the most part, Deux Familles celebrates the connection between these two families with the rhythmic and passionate music that has shaped their lives.
Their debut record “Vivre de Faim,” which features not just the core group but the complete families through vocal contributions by Rosa Tyldesley and Sophie Powell, recalls the sounds of classic Cajun music while putting a current emotional expression first and foremost.
This is an early evening show. Doors, 5pm. Show 6pm.
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