BRANSON MO NEWS: With the release of Heart of Love, Phoebe Legere’s 17th collection of original songs, Legere continues to build on her legendary reputation as an American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, storyteller and singer. The great Studs Terkel at NPR called Phoebe Legere “an American original” whose “beautiful voice will take your breath away.” -NPR.
Phoebe Legere, from an Acadian/Cajun and Native American family, has been playing Americana with La Famille Legere Band since she was five years old. Her cousin Ray Legere, a blue-grass/acoustic legend joins her on this album.
Legere’s HEART of LOVE album is a paean to the outlaw ecstasy of life on the road. Legere writes songs that are folk-country tall tales. Legere twists grief into humor and counters existential angst with a whoop of joy. Her French-English “Cajun Moon” begins with Legere singing a chanson about a woman in a hurricane; then she suddenly changes the channel to spin a yarn about riding an alligator while making love and drinking bourbon out of a to-go cup!
Legere’s Native American heritage is the basis for much of her flashing nature imagery: In “Blue Canoe Blues” we hear her singing in Abenaki, the language of …
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