t marie and bayou juju


  • Bio:    T Marie and Bayou Juju play traditional and original Louisiana music. The band started through gatherings at fires, suppers, porches, and levees,  and you’ll feel this vibrant community of friendship echo through all of their music.  In addition to honoring traditional Cajun, Creole, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, Country, Blues, and New Orleans songs, the band contributes to the next generation of South Louisiana sound with their own original tunes, performed in both Louisiana French and English. These days you can catch  them at dive bars, dancehalls, and festivals, sharing that same good juju and joy. Get on your dancing shoes and shrimp boots, and join in on .... Cajun below sea level!
  • Links to music www.marieisabelle.org/tmariemusiclinks
t marie & bayou juju have performed at a variety of venues... 
  • Festivals:  French Quarter Fest, Zydeco Seafood Fest, Brighton Blues Blast, Festival des Granges Riou, Garden Fest, Harahan Fest, Culture Campout, Bluff Mountain Festival
  • Alabama: Sweet Home Spirits  
  • Colorado: Brighton Blues Blast, So Many Roads, Zony Street Brewery
  • California: Ashkenaz, Bissap Boabab, Bay Break, Baltic Kiss, Henflings of Ben Loman, Polk Street Festival, Sacramento Cajun and Zydeco Association, Zeitgeist SF
  • France and Spain: Zaragoza, Rions, Perigueux, Port Lesney, Montfaucon, Aix en Provence, Festival des Granges Riou
  • Louisiana 
    • Greater New Orleans: 30-90, 3 Muses,  Abita Brew Pub, Atchafalaya, Bar Redux,  Bayou Barn,  Beanlandia,   BJ's in the Bywater   , Bombay Club,    Boucherie,  Bourrée,    Broadside , Capulet, Carrollton Station, Dance Quarter, Étouffée, Garden Fest,  Faubourg Brewery, French Quarter Fest, GasaGasa, Hi-Ho Lounge, InterContinental Hotel,  Madame Vic's, Maison Dupuy, Maison on Frenchmen, Nola Brewing, Old Point Bar, Pirogues Whisky Bayou,  Port Orleans Brewery,   Royal Sonesta Jazz Playhouse  , Saturn Bar,   Siberia, Starlight Lounge, Southport Hall, Tigermen Den, Urban South Brewery, Zony Mash, as well as at speakeasies, private parties, and weddings. 
    • Thibodaux: Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center 
    • Lafayette: Blue Moon Saloon
    • Jean Lafitte: Jean LaFitte Seafood Festival 
    • Harahan: Harahan Festival 
  • North Carolina: Bluff Mountain Festival,  Cork and Keg, Eda’s Hideaway, Mal’s Bar 


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  • Available as:
    • duo: vocals, fiddle, and guitar 
    • trio: vocals, fiddle, guitar, and either bass or percussion 
    • 4-5 piece band: vocals, fiddle, guitar, bass, percussion 
    • full band: vocal harmony, twin fiddles, accordion, lap steel, guitar, bass, banjo, percussion (t'fer, washboard, drum kit) 
  • Band Members:
    • Lead Vocals & Fiddle:  Marie-Isabelle Evangeline Pautz
    • Lead Vocals, Accordion, T-Fer, Lap Steel, Guitar:  Adam Bellard
    • Twin Fiddle: Lyle Werner 
    • Guitar: Scott Stobbe  
    • Bass: Dan Wally Lang 
    • Washboard / Drums: Gene Hardy 
    • Additional Musicians that play with the band include: Andrew McDaniel / Ashley Hooper / Ben Fox / Brunet Breaux / Cranston Clements / Conner McCready / Dion Pierre / Martin Masakowski / Mason Page / Natalie Mae Palms ​





  • Community Contributions:
    • Live Guide - Covid Safety Project
    • Culture Campout www.culturecampout.org: Cultural Sharing festival focused on cultural sharing, language, food, dance, and music between different communities and cultures 
    • Benefit shows for organizations such as: Hagar’s House, Project Ishmael, New Orleans Mutual Aid Society, Harry Tompson Center, Louisiana Green Corps 
    • Cultural Sharing: Cultural sharing for schools and orgs, Supper Clubs, as well as  Cajun jams at Jukebox Farm Urban Homestead

Reviews

Fan Testimonials / Reviews 

"I am blasting the latest tracks from T Marie and Bayou Juju in my work cabin in Connecticut .... so loud that the bears and barred owls should be able to hear it. I'm so grateful for this piece of Louisiana as I travel to new places. Your music is stirs me!" -Laurel


"Yooooo this album sounds awesome!" - Tristan 

​“Seeing T Marie and the Bayou JuJu last night was a delicious surprise. We heard songs and stories about: three generations of a Cajun family; life in a small village in Bayou country; marriage proposals; shaming of traditional language and culture; and T Marie's charismatic grandmother. Some of the songs were traditionals and some of the songs were written by T Marie, and they flowed brilliantly (with a touch of irony and humor). I would expect a band from the bayou to bring some essence of country life of southwestern Louisiana, but to get such coloratura on their life ... even down to naming the hospitals she, the guitarist, and accordion player Adam Bellard were each born in .....It was great to see these images through the eyes of Marie-Isabelle, who is firmly rooted in South Louisiana life. She truly let’s Louisiana's stories flow from her heart, and you can hear it in her songs. Guitarist, Scott, played a chonky rhythm guitar with some intense leads. The drummer played with a solid groove that lifted the level of energy. The bassman laid a line that was fat and had me solidly in step, dancing with the band. I’m looking forward to more appearances by T Marie and the Bayou Juju... you are in for some Cajun color, music to rise you up onto the dancefloor, and stories and songs that flow from Marie-Isabelle’s heart.” - Joe James 

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