2007 Winners!
Vavavoom wins Big Easy Award for Best Emerging Group.

Vavavoom plays gypsy jazz that would be admired everywhere from Uzbekistan to Romania, France to Frenchmen Street. It has a woozy lilt that is slightly tipsy and very romantic as the violin and accordion lock in with the twin guitars. Their gigs at the Spotted Cat have given them a reputation as a band that can be precise and passionate at the same time.

Check out “Swing 42” from Melomania.

—David Kunian, How Do You Voodoo?, offBeat.com