It's hard to avoid food metaphors when writing about Cajun music. The words spicy, saucy, tangy all lend themselves well to its description, but such hackneyed clichés have no place in the Metro Santa Cruz... it must be noted that the Pine Leaf Boys play Cajun/Zydeco music like no other twentysomethings we've ever heard. Musical polygamists, they frequently swap accordions, guitars, fiddles midshow and sound good no matter who is playing what. The experience of a good zydeco show is like being in an unruly bar brawl without all that pesky fighting. Rowdy dancing and a sense of communal inebriation are the order of the evening, so polish up those alligator boots and get ready to romp.

- Metro Santa Cruz,
November 30-December 7, 2005

The Pine Leaf Boys are a new generation of Cajun musicians from Louisiana who not only grew up with the music but live and breathe it. The young PLBs play authentic, traditional Cajun, Creole and zydeco music while adding some updates of their own.

- Berkeley Community Calendar

"I went to hear and dance to the Pine Leaf Boys last night here in Atlanta. I think they are one of the best new young bands from the genre that I have heard in a very long time. Wilson Savoy, Courtney Granger and Drew Simon, capture the soul of so many of the older artists, including musicians such as Canray Fontenot through Danny and Edward Poullard (to whom they recorded an homage on their CD entitled La Musique). Their music is infused with such enthusiasm and energy..."

- Atlanta, Georgia

La Musique's 14 cuts perfectly capture their spirit. Their looseness comes across as effortless talent as they switch up duties and play what can best be described as rollicking back-porch music. With the subtle changes in their style and the three vocalists' distinct sounds, the album never lags as it crackles along, recorded on analog.

It's remarkably adherent to old styles, with its roots running deep, yet it is incredibly fresh and resoundingly vibrant.

-Nick Pittman, Times of Acadiana