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Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Music: More Music:
When: 02/11/11 @ 8:00pm
Cost: $26
Call: 265-2787
Web: www.uniontheaterwisc.edu
More Information:
Fete de Louisiane: Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys Replace Feufollet
Fete de Louisiane, the performance/dance party scheduled for Friday, February 11, 2011 at 8 pm at the Memorial Union's Great Hall, will feature Zydeco great Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole as scheduled, as well as Cajun stars Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, who are replacing Feufollet. The latter have been nominated for a Grammy and will be attending the ceremony.
Tickets are $26 general admission, $10 for UW-Madison Students with valid ID. Call the Box Office at 608-265-ARTS (2787), fax your order at 608-265-5084, or purchase in person at the Campus Arts Ticketing box office in Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. or Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave.
This high-energy evening promises to keep patrons dancing to the sounds of veteran stars and one of the best new artists hailing from Southwest Louisiana. Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys began their brilliant career over 20 years ago and have kept audiences dancing ever since. Their stunningly clean and cohesive performance of Cajun French music from the backwaters of Southwest Louisiana propelled them into the world music limelight early on, and by their third release had garnered them a Grammy nomination in the worldwide field of traditional folk music, another in 2004, and then another in 2009. Never before in Cajun music has a comparable wealth of skills been brought to the same table.
One of the most noted young talents to emerge in Creole music in the past few years, Cedric Watson is a fiddler, vocalist, accordionist and songwriter of seemingly unlimited potential. In 2009, for the second year running, Cedric Watson received a Grammy Nomination in the Best Cajun or Zydeco Music Record category, this time for his release "L'Esprit Creole."
This performance is sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Performing Arts Committee and supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin. Other sponsors include ETC, WORT-89.9 FM Community Radio, Wisconsin Public radio, AV Club, and Capital City Hues. 02/09/11 >> go there
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