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Celebrating the kick off of RCZN’s 9th Anniversary Season

ROCHESTER CAJUN ZYDECO NETWORK Presents

Two time Grammy Nominee

Cedric Watson
and Bijou Creole

Saturday Sept 18th
at the Harmony House

~~ let’s kick the season off right & bring a dish to pass ~~

SHOW DETAILS

LOCATION:     Harmony House - 58 East Main St. Webster (Rt. 404)
DATE:              September 18, 2010
TIME:               7:15PM Dance lesson by Esther Brill 8:00-11:00– performance
INFO:               (585) 727-4119, zydjunky@rochester.rr.com

Ticket info:      Advanced - $15, Day of Show - $18.

Advanced Tickets will be available for purchase at the following locations:
The Bop Shop -  Village Gate 274 N Goodman            ~ Aaron’s Alley - 662 Monroe Avenue
Stutzman’s Guitar Center -  4405 West Ridge Rd       ~ The Music Store - 18 E. Main St Webster

RAVE PRESS REVIEWS

“Riding in from the dusty plains of Texas with a fiddle under his arm, an accordion on his back, and a song in his heart, a Creole cowboy named Cedric Watson recently swaggered onto the Louisiana music scene. When this outsider burst into local saloons, first locals were taken back by his mastery of tradition and then by his ability to seamlessly integrate polyrhythms and grooves from beyond. Roping in the old with the new, L’Ésprit Créole (2010), Watson’s latest album with his band Bijou Créole, captures the rich Caribbean, African, and European heritage that underlies Creole culture while galloping through an unexplored frontier.”
Heroes of Indie Music - Worldpress

This “Créole Cowboy” takes on the rhythm-happy music with equal parts reverence and innovation. He and his band, Bijou Creole, cook up a musical gumbo spiced with heaping helpings of accordion, fiddle, electric guitar and percussion, simmered in a sonic etoufee liberally flavored with vintage soul, Texas two-steps, blues, early rock ’n’ roll and West African/Caribbean polyrhythms.
The Pilot

“A savant son who can view Heaven in a glimpse, and lay down the soundtrack to it in a flash.  Is the country boy with the floppy straw hat the guy to take zydeco into the next orbit?  He just might be. There is musical vision there the surface of which has only been scratched.”
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Cedric Watson - Quick Bio:

One of the most noted young talents to emerge in Cajun or Creole music in the past few years, Cedric Watson is a fiddler, vocalist, accordionist and songwriter of seemingly unlimited potential. Cedric has been making a name for himself reviving old Creole fiddling styles, injecting a healthy dose of his own personality and ingenuity, and bringing them to an ever-broadening audience.  In his brief but charged 6 year career he’s already earned two Grammy Nominations.

Cedric Watson has played with some of the great family names in Creole music, including Dexter Ardoin and the Creole Ramblers and Jeffrey Broussard and the Creole Cowboys, and most recently was a featured member of the Pine Leaf Boys. He has played across the United States as well as in France, Nova Scotia, Haiti and Spain, and he has a keen interest in connecting Louisiana Creole music to the Creole Nations in other parts of the world.

Cedric's creative style and obvious joy in playing make him an engaging and exciting performer. Moving with ease between fiddle and accordion, his natural playfulness on stage makes him just plain fun to watch. His soaring, soulful vocals, all in French, remind us of a time long ago. And his interest in reconnecting with the varied roots of the music in other parts of the world will make for an interesting ride.  It will be nothing short of exciting to see what he does next.

Cedric Watson – Links and Videos

Cedric Watson – links:

• Website - http://www.cedricwatson.com/
• MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/cedricwatson
• Agent’s website - http://www.eyefortalent.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/artist.detail/artist_id/134
• Rock Paper Scissors Press Info - http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/466.cfm

Cedric Watson's Road to a GRAMMY with Music Voyager   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8fTT4WQ7qM

Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole - Live at the Kennedy Center - Jan 8, 2010
http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M4090&type=A

Cedric Watson Live at the Blue Moon Lafayette LA  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvqh7FLx5z0

Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole @ Barbican (BBC) - Tu Seras Avec Moi 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiQckCIP16s

Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole @ Watermelon Park Fest - Mardi Gras Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOf9DCq0dDQ

Cedric Watson - Nonc Adam at the Baasem Cajun & Zydeco Festival 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03LK4JbvVRo&feature=related

Cedric Watson & Corey Ledet 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV2XVtRGiT8

2010-11 Series Update – band descriptions, links and videos are at end of email below

• Sat Sep 18 -                         Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole (2 time Grammy Nominated – Creole Zydeco)
• Sat Oct 16 -                          Lil’ Pookie and Zydeco Sensation (Louisiana / California Zydeco)
• Sat Nov 20 -                         Lil Anne & Hot Cayenne  (NE Regional Zydeco)
• Sun Dec 12 -                        The Pine Leaf Boys (Cajun - 3 time Grammy Nominated - Cajun)   RCZN’s annual Holiday Party.
• Sat Feb 26 -                          Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble (Louisiana Zydeco) - RCZN’s annual Mardi Gras Party … Watch out, Curley’s back
• Sat April 16 -                        Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp (Upper-Louisiana – Creole-Zydeco)
• January, March, May         TBD

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