Rock & Reel

Traditions

I first heard La Bottine Souriante at the Backstage in Seattle in the mid 80s and was enthralled.

Incredibly Unique

I'm not even sure how to describe this CD.

An Incredible Experience

I had never even heard of La Bottine Souriante before I saw them at Irish Fest this summer in Milwaukee.

ALL WRAPPED UP IN ONE!

A mix of the Chieftens, Chicago, Beusoleil, Blood Sweat and Tears, Latin rythms, Native American and probably a host of others too numerous to mention.

Those crazy Kanucks

Folk/Jazz fusion from 9 of the jolliest looking French-Canadians ever to grace a set of liner notes.

ROCK AND REEL - BOTTINE SOURIANTE

ROCK AND REEL by La Bottine Souriante is a must-have for lovers of "world music".

Traditional, modern, reverent and irreverent!

Irish, Quebecois and original reels with horns and a back beat like nothing you've ever heard.

Canned Is Grand but Live Is To Die For

One sultry summer day in Central Park, this band ambled onto Summerstage, murmured a few insoucient remarks about Les Yorkers Nouveau and proceeded to light up the stage with an inferno of world music.