Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com Pan-Americana: Roots Rock Across Borders Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Happy Mardi Gras! http://gumbodiablo.com/happy-mardi-gras/ http://gumbodiablo.com/happy-mardi-gras/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:59:48 +0000 Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com/?p=710 We’re celebrating Fat Tuesday tonight at a new venue for us: The Pour Farm Tavern in New Bedford.  Should be a great night so we hope you can join us for some Louisiana sounds and celebration!

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]]> http://gumbodiablo.com/happy-mardi-gras/feed/ 0 Salem, Cambridge, Damariscotta http://gumbodiablo.com/salem-cambridge-damariscotta/ http://gumbodiablo.com/salem-cambridge-damariscotta/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:32:16 +0000 Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com/?p=704 Mardi Gras season kicks off for us this week with three great shows.  We’re in Salem tonight (Thursday) at a new venue for us, The Howling Wolf.  Friday night we’re back to one of our favorite spots, The Plough and Stars in Cambridge.  And then Saturday we head to Maine and The Damariscotta River Grill.  We had a great Mardi Gras show there last year and we’re looking forward to doing it again.  Hope you can join us!

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]]> http://gumbodiablo.com/salem-cambridge-damariscotta/feed/ 2 “Irresistibly Appealing” http://gumbodiablo.com/irresistibly-appealing/ http://gumbodiablo.com/irresistibly-appealing/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:47:16 +0000 Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com/?p=699 The rave reviews keep pouring in!  The Noise describes our debut album, The Gods We Were Before, as:

…irresistibly appealing…a refreshing world music stew of life-affirming numbers

Read the full review here, and check out the album here.

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Gumbo Diablo have come up with a lively, entertaining sound on their new CD. Roots, Cajun, rock and roll, and the coolest accordion work around combine into something fun, edgy, and inspiring.

Check out the rest of the review here, and check out the album here.

]]> http://gumbodiablo.com/fun-edgy-and-inspiring/feed/ 0 Traveling Weekend http://gumbodiablo.com/traveling-weekend/ http://gumbodiablo.com/traveling-weekend/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:38:26 +0000 Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com/?p=689 We’re off to two new venues in two new cities for us this weekend.  Metropolis Wine Bar in Brattleboro, VT tonight (Friday), and then Nick’s in Worcester tomorrow (Saturday).  We’re psyched to be on the road again bringing our sounds to the people.  Please join us if you’re in the area!

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]]> http://gumbodiablo.com/traveling-weekend/feed/ 2 Gardner on Friday http://gumbodiablo.com/gardner-on-friday/ http://gumbodiablo.com/gardner-on-friday/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:44:40 +0000 Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com/?p=687 We’re excited to play a new venue for us this Friday–the Gardner Ale House.  They’ve got great food, beer, and music, and we’re happy to be a part of it.  Please join us if you’re in the area!

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]]> http://gumbodiablo.com/gardner-on-friday/feed/ 0 What’s a Year-End without a Top Ten List? http://gumbodiablo.com/whats-a-year-end-without-a-top-ten-list/ http://gumbodiablo.com/whats-a-year-end-without-a-top-ten-list/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:32:38 +0000 Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com/?p=684 Another nice bit of press for our debut album, The Gods We Were Before: our tune The Hard Sell was chosen as a top 10 pick for 2011.  Thanks to Pete Chianca for the kind words.

You can buy The Hard Sell — and all of our other tunes! — at CD Baby.

]]> http://gumbodiablo.com/whats-a-year-end-without-a-top-ten-list/feed/ 0 Last Public Show of 2011 http://gumbodiablo.com/last-public-show-of-2011/ http://gumbodiablo.com/last-public-show-of-2011/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:58:10 +0000 Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com/?p=681 Happy holidays, everyone!  Our last public show of the year is coming up this Wednesday at a new venue for us: The Barley Pub in Dover, NH.  Please come out and help us celebrate the end of one great year and the start of another!

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]]> http://gumbodiablo.com/last-public-show-of-2011/feed/ 0 Lowell on Thursday http://gumbodiablo.com/lowell-on-thursday/ http://gumbodiablo.com/lowell-on-thursday/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:57:01 +0000 Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com/?p=674 We’re back this  Thursday at Ole Tapas Restaurant in Lowell.  Great food, sangria, and music–what could be better on a cold mid-December night?  Hope you can join us.

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]]> http://gumbodiablo.com/lowell-on-thursday/feed/ 0 Sweat and Hurricanes – New Review http://gumbodiablo.com/new-review/ http://gumbodiablo.com/new-review/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:06:06 +0000 Gumbo Diablo http://gumbodiablo.com/?p=630 The Patriot Ledger has a nice review of our debut album, The Gods We Were Before.  Pete Chianca writes:

Can Gumbo Diablo really be from Boston? From the album’s opening accordion kick the band is unabashedly Bayou, rollicking with a groove that reeks of New Orleans sweat and hurricanes (the drink, not the storms).

Read the rest of the review here.   Check out the album here.

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