Mamou

Revon Reed, Cajun author-in-residence from Mamou, in his book Lche Pas La Patate, discusses two other interesting onomatopoeic words which he calls Mamou expressions:

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 3 1984

Cher, if stirrin 'roux for an hour or so is anathematic, you need to put some chankachank on the box, like Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys ...

Saved by red beans and rice | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, a Cajun band celebrating its 20th anniversary, was out to synopsize not only its own career, but a history of Cajun music — from very early recordings by the Ardoin family of tunes for fiddle and triangle, to electric swamp-pop.

Jazzfest: Stevie Wonder, In the Rain - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, a Cajun band celebrating its 20th anniversary, was out to synopsize not only its own career, but a history of Cajun music — from very early recordings by the Ardoin family of tunes for fiddle and triangle, to electric swamp-pop.

Jazzfest: Stevie Wonder, In the Rain - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Cajun legends The Balfa Brothers -- Will, Dewey, and Rodney -- were born into a family of nine children in Mamou, Louisiana, raised by hard-working, music-loving sharecropper parents.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 106 2010

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, a Cajun group that leans toward tradition but has a rock rhythm section, usually sings in Acadian French.

Jazzfest: “Thank God I Made It” - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, a Cajun group that leans toward tradition but has a rock rhythm section, usually sings in Acadian French.

Jazzfest: “Thank God I Made It” - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

Malian singer/songwriter Mamou Sidibé (a.k.a. Techno Mamou) was born in West Africa's Ganadugu region, the daughter of musicians (her mother a singer, her father a balafonist).

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Eighty-Three 2009

As a child, Mamou studied music rigorously, singing at weddings and baptisms.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Eighty-Three 2009

Since "Le Gran Mamou" draws only from RCA recordings, it's not definitive -- just first-rate.

Meanwhile, Back In Cajun Country 2008