VIRAL VIDEO: La. fourth-grader a whiz with the accordion

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LAKE ARTHUR, LA (KPLC) - Kyle Mott may be only a fourth-grader but he can sure play the accordion.

Kyle was in a recording session at Ray's Barber Shop in Lake Arthur this past weekend when Cajun Music Radio did a live feed on Facebook and the rest is history. Cajun Music Radio streams Cajun French music.

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Kyle is a fourth-grader at Morse Elementary in Morse, La.

According to his father, Jeremy LeBlanc, Kyle has only been playing the accordion for eight months. Being around Jeremy, a musician who is part of Cajun Music Radio, Kyle has been around music quite a bit - particularly Cajun French.

When Jeremy grabbed the accordion out of the closet one day and started playing, Kyle asked how to play. Within 30 minutes, he was playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb," Jeremy said.

Jeremy and Kyle's mother quickly decided it was time to get professional training for Kyle, who is now taught by Cajun French musicians August Broussard and Kegan Navarre.

"He is so humble and with his expressions in the video, you can tell his passion for playing music," Jeremy said. "There is not a day that goes by he is not playing his accordion and learning all he can about this wonderful Cajun Music."

Kyle is also very interested in learning the Cajun French language.There is not a day that goes by that he is not playing his accordion and learning all he can about this wonderful Cajun Music, said LeBlanc.

As of Dec. 13, the video has more than 500,000 views, nearly 15,000 shares and 15,000 reactions.