CLEOMA'S GHOST: Mon Coeur Est Avec Toi

Cleoma's Ghost

Mon Coeur Est Avec Toi

© 2004 Swallow Records (046346618523)

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Spicy as a chili pepper, sweet as a southern peach.....Old Time Cajun music with sass. Cleoma's Ghost will make you happy, they will pull on your heart strings...with toe-tappin' 2-steps and waltzes that will make you want to grab your honey and dance.

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Cleoma's Ghost, an old time Cajun duo: emotional lyrics with heart wrenching melodies superimposed on driving, up tempo, foot-tapping rhythms. The unrelenting guitar, intensely emotional fiddle and lamenting vocals capture the musical spirit of the Cajun people. This duo wants you to come into their living room where, with you, they will conjure up the rich emotive quality of their special blend of Cajun music. Here, they'll help you move the furniture aside to make room...you won't be able to stop yourself from dancing. You will swoon at the beauty of the waltzes. Their sassy 2-Steps will have you hoppin'.

If you come into their living room, they will have stories to tell. Buffy will sing a sad song about a little milk cow (Cayette est Morte) and she will preface it by describing the biggest bull she ever saw as she was journeying in SW Louisiana (In Grand Chenier, Chere, if you wanna check it out). Roger will sing you a song about a monkey who steals his master's fiddle and ends up on the roof sawing away 'The Monkey and the Fiddle' (mais, we won't tell you the end here, we don't want to spoil the surprise).

These guys want to share their love and passion for the music!!! People who have never heard Cajun music before as well as Cajun music die-hards will feel "Mon Coeur Est avec Toi" on a visceral level. With the lyrics in Cajun French, the sometimes tender, sometimes haunting or sassy harmonies....the push and pull of the rhythms...this music is as sweet as a Southern Peach, as Spicy as a hot chili pepper and sometimes a little on the "stanky" side!!!

So many stories to tell... both Roger and Buffy have traveled extensively in Cajun country... sitting and playing and listening with the Old as well as the New generations of Cajun musicians. On their new CD they have distilled their unique blend of spices into this collection of traditional and original Cajun French tunes. You will hear whispers of blues, folk, swing and the hills of the Catskills infused into this music... It is true-to-Cajun-music-and-culture: a veritable gumbo of Cajun styles.

Come join them on the porch! Grab a rocking chair! Cleoma's Ghost will capture your heart and leave you wanting more!!

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  • these guys are great, makes me want to learn to play cajun music
    author: roger rice

    their style of music is keeping the history of cajun music alive. I would love to see them perform in the pacific northwest.

  • this stuff is awesome
    author: 'tit henry

    i've grown up on this stuff.....i was weaned on the balfa brothers and dennis mcgee. these guys are the real deal. no way they are from ny....that's just not possible. i want these guys at the next boucherie at our camp in mamou!!!

  • Authentic - took me home to Southwest Louisiana
    author: Ken Ford

    Mon Coeur est avec toi is a lively compilation of classic SW LA Cajun favorites. It captures the soul, the life and the heart of many generations of the cajun in the music, with only two instruments and two voices, and even introduces a harmony that I wasn't familiar with even as a card-carrying C------. Cleoma Breaux and Joe Falcon would be proud.

  • author: Miss Beverly

    (If possible please edit my original review to read as follows by replacing Jolie Bassette with Mon coeur est avec toi. Everything else remains stet - Thanks! Miss Bev) Reviewer: Miss Beverly It's just about the best out there. All tunes are superbly performed, but I've been touched deeply by, Pretty Blue Eyes, Mon Coeur est avec toi, Pris mon coeur

  • Wonderfully soulful
    author: Miss Beverly

    It's just about the best out there. All tunes are superbly performed, but I've been touched deeply by, Pretty Blue Eyes, Jolie Bassette, Pris mon coeur

  • Excellent music from excellent people...
    author: Hudson and Brian

    Beautiful music! I'm not perticularly into Cajun music, but it just grabbed me and kept me in! The singing is excellent and the music talent-wise is great! The emotion of the singers is beyond words and adds to the experience. Much love to Weiss.

  • You feel this music in your soul.
    author: Lyssa

    You feel this music in your soul. This is real Cajun music - It's even in Cajun French! Now I don't speak French but you don't have to in order to understand this music. Buffy's voice cuts through you. You feel her pain, joy, lament... It'll make you want to travel to Loo'sianna. Buy this CD.

  • author: Ken Ramke

    Thanks for printing my review, but I meant to give it 4 stars, not just two. Is it possible for you to upgrade it? Thanks, Ken Ramke

  • author: Ken Ramke

    When I listen to Mon Coeur Est Avec Toi, I can imagine sitting on the front porch of a home in Southeast Louisiana, hearing the music from an old fashioned Cajun house dance coming through an open window. Wonderful music with a link to the past.

  • Marvelous! Classic! Passionate!
    author: Dave

    What can I say? I've been playing and listenting to Cajun music for only about 3 years, but these two are the "real deal" (even if they come from upstate New York). You don't need to understand Cajun French (I don't) to hear the passion in their voices or strings. All I can say is "Ya-eee"!!! Get this CD and have friends over for some gumbo and dancing!

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