I’m not exactly sure what the hell happened here, but The Lost Bayou Ramblers did not sound anything like this a couple years ago. Their last album was essentially traditional song and songs that sound like traditional songs. But this is a great example of modernizing the sound of Cajun music without losing the roots of the genre and I think it has a lot to do with Louis Michot’s vocals. He often wails in a way reminiscent of Iry Lejeune:

And even further back to Amédé Ardoin:

Of course, the language helps maintain the connection as well but I’m not really able to discern Louisiana French by ear yet. He clearly has some notable features like the tapped /ɾ/, though. Either way, I kinda just wanted to share this album because it’s pretty amazing.