Creole Belles with Andrew Carierre

An Ashkenaz and Cajun dance circuit favorite over their 12-year history, the Creole Belles are joined by regular collaborator Andrew Carriere on accordion, triangle, rubboard, and vocals. The group includes songs from its recent Arhoolie Records CD, ?Creole Belles.?
The locally-based Creole Belles sing and play rollicking Louisiana Cajun-Creole dance music usually heard in more remotely located dance halls of the bayous and plains of Louisiana. Fiddler-singer Delilah Lee Lewis has been playing Cajun music for the past 27 years, including a three-year stint in Louisiana studying and playing with Canray Fontenot, Dewey Balfa, Michael Doucet, and other masters. She shares singing with accordionist Maureen Karpan, a member of Courtableu and also a veteran of time in Louisiana. Guitarist Karen Leigh and bassist Karen Celia Heil are both longtime participants in folk, swing, old-time, and bluegrass bands.
A native of Southern Louisiana, Carriere brings a long family tradition into his playing. His father was the legendary Creole fiddler ?Bebe? Carriere, his uncle was accordionist Eraste Carriere, and cousins Chubby, Calvin, and Roy Carrier are popular in the zydeco arena. Carriere moved to the Bay Area in the ?60s, learned accordion from the late Danny Poullard, and is featured vocalist on California Cajun Orchestra's ?Not Lonesome Anymore? CD.