Boister is part of a burgeoning "neo-cabaret" movement in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, that includes bands like the Tinklers and Carmaig Forrest, though we are distinctly different. We've been compared in the French press to Edith Piaf, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, and Erik Satie, yet Michael Yockel in his review for the New Times called our sound a "100 % American sound fabric". Our albums have received high praise including "album of the decade" (Jade Magazine, Paris, in reference to our first album, "Boister"); also in the French Press, our second album was called "an urgent discovery" and our third, Pieces of Milk, was on the Swiss magazine Vibrations' top ten list for 2003. We've received accolades from Ike Turner, Jim Dickinson (who's worked with the Stones, Bob Dylan, and Aretha Franklin), John Jennings (Mary Chapin Carpenter's guitarist), and Willie Mitchell (Al Green's producer). Dickinson also produced our third album, "Pieces of Milk," which was recorded at his invitation at Sam Phillips' Studio in Memphis (Sam Phillips is the gentleman who discovered Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Howlin' Wolf).

Our silent film scores have won the praise of Roger Ebert and been performed to sold-out houses at the the Creative Alliance,the Charles Theater, and the Virginia Film Festival. Our score for Greta Garbo's "Love" was featured at a sold-out show at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore as part of the Vivat! St. Petersburg festival. Our latest album, "Les Foules en Amour" (The Throngs in Love) is entirely in French and includes a version of Led Zeppelin's "Dancing Days." We recently performed the album in its entirety to an enthusiastic crowd at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Our albums have been recorded with regular support from the Maryland State Arts Council. They can be heard on the radio in France, Spain , Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany, Finland, Belgium, and Norway.