Mama Rosin

I went to this concert last night.  It was stinkin' sweet.  There is a festival in Rennes right now called Le Grand Soufflet, which translated is kinda dumb sounding, but it is a bunch of Cajun style bands that are coming to Rennes and playing.  I went to Mama Rosin's concert.  They were a three man band that consisted of a drummer, guitarist, and accordion player.  Their style was pretty bluegrassy, so it was a lot of happy songs that you could tap your feet to, or as some people were doing, dance to.  They were all amazing musicians, for example, the guitarist brought out a banjo for several songs.  The drummer played the harmonica while keeping a beat.  And the accordion player sang, while playing accordion (coordination marvel), and he also played the triangle, guitar, and violin.  He was a boss. Anyways, they played a bunch of songs and then they were finished, and the crowd called them back for 2 encores, which is not at all uncommon in France.  The last of the encores, the band came off the stage into the standing area and played in the midst of the crowd.  So much fun.  They also were getting us involved and stuff.  At one point the two other band members picked up the banjo player -- it was ridiculous.  But, that was a ton of fun.  Here is an example of their music.