Led by charming button accordionist and singer Odile Lavault, the Baguette Quartette inspires flights of nostalgia and dancing in the aisles with the incomparably romantic music heard in the cafes and dance halls of Odile's native Paris during the first half of the twentieth century. The quartette's insouciant repertoire includes: valse musette, a blend of folk music from Auvergne, Paris, and Italy flavored by Gypsy musicians who added a taste of American swing; java, a Parisian dance patterned after the mazurka; foxtrot, which has its roots in the march and the polka; paso doble, which is reminiscent of the Spanish music played at bullfights; tango, which became popular in Parisian dance halls in the 1920s, plus plenty of fabulous songs depicting dark lives filled with misdeeds and unrequited love.

Odile and the band -- Rachel Durling on violin, string bassist Richard Trevor, and John Schott on guitar, along with special guest John Hanes on drums -- always mix a fresh crop of classics in with tried-and-true gems, like the famed "Mademoiselle de Paris" and Jean Cocteau's "Mes soeurs n'aimez pas les marins," both from their most recent album, Toujours.