Evangéline

This New Orleans-based band blends good-time, bayou country tunes with sweetly sensitive balladry. Their first album features a quintet headed by the smooth vocals of guitarist Kathleen Stieffel and the rowdier vocals of bassist and washboard specialist Sharon Leger. Austin keyboard vet Beth McKee also contributes vocals, lead guitarist Rhonda Lohmeyer wrote the bulk of the original songs, and Nancy Buchan filled out the sound on fiddle and mandolin. Buchan left before the recording of their second album. ~ Michael McCall