New album and tour :
Le Goût de la Liberté

One foot in America, one foot in Brittany, the west part of France, Mary-Lou have been playing their country-folk songs since 1996. The inspiration of the band comes from North America's traditional music, especially from the deep south (bluegrass, cajun, blues, country ballads, folk, ...)  mixed with the french tradition of songwriting.
The songs talk about Acadia, Mississippi, Louisiana, swamps, … french lyrics telling stories of the deep south, the hobos, the trains, the dust storms …  and the America of the people.
They love Blues, jug bands, old country songs, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Pasty Cline, Woody and Arlo Guthrie, the folk singers, the western swing... and much more !
Mary-Lou brings to France sounds and colours from this America that french people love.
That is why, year after year, they have been asked to play in many festivals and stages in all parts of France and in Switzerland and Holland.

Mary-Lou's 8th album "Le Goût de la Liberté" was released in october 2017.

Mary-Lou is :

Mary	Jean-Luc	Stephane Dhondt
vocals, acoustic guitar, washboard, snare, fiddle, kazoo	vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, dobro, harmonica, accordion	since 2007 : piano, organ and harmonies

The US adventures :
They also often travel to the US (North Carolina, northern Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas). They've been touring in lovely places and Festivals many times since 2007, sometimes by themselves, sometimes with their friends from the Tammerlin Band, Lee Hunter, Arvid Smith,  The Bluegrass Bombers, and Panama Red. They toured as a duet in April 2013 in Florida and North Carolina.

Beside the Mary-Lou usual music, they recorded a new album along with the Lonesome Day Band "Meeting around Folk, Country and Western"  released in March 2013.

Mary and Jean-Luc also play sometimes as a duet (The Hoboes). The Hoboes recorded a duet album (Southern Sessions) in 2015, along with 10 different american artists (solo or bands), in 5 different states ! 

A few links :

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Tour Dates

Mary-Lou has recorded eight cds and one dvd, the following ones are still available.
You can listen to samples by clicking on any album title

	"Les Orages de Poussière" released in 2003
	"Americana Favorites" released in 2006
	"Mary-Lou en concert" (DVD) released in 2006
	"Courrier Transatlantique" released in 2009
	"Music Medecine Show" released in 2012
	"Le Goût de la Liberté" released in october 2017
	The Mary-Lou band and The Hoboes also appears with 2 songs on a very good compilation of french bluegrass and folk music : "France Bluegrass Vol 2"

All these records are still available on the label of the band : Louise Bell Prod.

More than 25 musicians have been invited on these recordings, the trio likes to have friends on stage and in the studio while recording !

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