For the 24th Consecutive Year GRAMMY Award Winner, Terrance Simien, Brings His Rhythms, Songs and Style to New Orleans' JazzFest Before Heading Out for the Summer
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience will perform twice in New Orleans, La. this coming week, April 22 at the Mid-City Lanes, 4133 S Carrollton Ave. and April 25 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Fairgrounds Racecourse. Powerful and fun, the rhythms will set you to dancing as Terrance Simien kicks into his eclectic zydeco music show. Special guests, trombonist Craig Klein and trumpeter Shamarr Allen join Simien closing the Fais Do-Do Stage Sunday at JazzFest at 5:55 p.m. (www.terrancesimien.com)
An 8th Generation Creole, Simien has become one of the most respected and internationally recognized touring and recording artists in Louisiana music today. With roots firmly planted alongside the great Creole zydeco pioneers like Chenier, Delafose, Chavis, Ardoin and the other Simien, Terrance, born into the hippie folk and soul music era, grew up artistically influenced by all of America's great musical legacy. Simien was as influenced by Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel as he was by Sam Cooke and the Meters.
“Simien is a Zydeco Master: his voice yearning like Sam Cooke, he delivers soul worthy of Stax greats and shows crossover class.” - Rolling Stone
Creole for Kids All Over the Globe!
Mentoring is critical to the survival of Louisiana indigenous music and an important part of the musical landscape of this country. Simien counts himself one of the fortunate few with a direct link to the first Creole artists, some of whom mentored him as an emerging talent. He has assumed that same role to a new generation of young Zydeco players.
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience Tour Dates
04/22/10 - Mid-City Lanes, New Orleans, LA
04/25/10 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Fairgrounds Racecourse, LA
05/01/10 - Fest For All, Downtown Baton Rouge, LA
05/06/10 - Alys Stephens Ctr. for Perf. Arts, Birmingham, AL
05/07/10 - Valley Of Flowers Festival, Civic Ctr, Florissant, MO
05/08/10 - Playhouse Square, Cleveland, OH
05/12/10 - Riverside Ballroom, Green Bay, WI
05/15/10 - Civic Ctr. of Greater Des Moines, IA
05/27/10 - The Levitt Shell, Memphis, TN
05/28/10 - Mudbug Madness, Festival Plaza, Shreveport, LA
05/29/10 - Jiggle Jam Festival, Crown Ctr. Kansas City, MO
06/04/10 - Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest. Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ
06/13/10 - Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival, Old U.S. Mint, New Orleans, LA
06/24/10 - Museum Of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
06/26/10 - Rhythm & Blues and All That Jazz, Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg, WV
06/28/10 - Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI
07/10/10 - Cain Park, Cleveland Heights, OH
08/18-22/10 - Bourbon Street Music Fest, Sao Paulo, Brazil
09/11/10 - Rotary Cajun Zydeco Festival, Ives Park, Sebastopol, CA
09/24/10 - Grant Street Dancehall, Lafayette, LA
And don't miss next year's Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise,
01/22 - 29/11 - MS Eurodam, Holland America Cruise Lines, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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