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PEARL DJANGO Celebrating
more than 10 years in existence Pearl Django continues to be
one of America’s busiest Hot Club style groups. Their music
reaches out across the divides of taste to a wide variety of
audiences. Read more about Pearl Django: www.pearldjango.com |
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FILE
GUMBO
Filé Gumbo played their unique blend of Louisiana musical styles on Tuesdays at the New Orleans Restaurant in Seattle's Pioneer Square for 15 years! The group has made several recordings (see below) and has appeared with Queen Ida, Katie "Queen of the Swamp Boogie Piano" Webster, Buckwheat Zydeco and the Sundogs, as well as appearing on TV, radio and at a number of music festivals over the years. Whether it's Rockin' Cajun, Zydeco Soul, New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, Swamp Pop, Dixieland, Country Blues, Tex-Mex, Western Swing or other Southern idioms, Filé Gumbo makes you feel like you're on the bayous of Southwestern Louisiana or Eastern Texas, and it's party time! Read more about File Gumbo : www.bluesuedenews.com |
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La Famille Leger La Famille
Leger is an old school family band playing the music of their
heritage: the traditional music of Quebec and New Brunswick.
La Famille Leger plays the instrumental dance music of French
Eastern Canada on fiddle, accordion, guitar, piano and pieds
(clogging). Patriarch Louis Leger leads the band on the one-row
accordion. Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Louis grew up speaking
French as his first language. Louis and his fiddling son, Devon,
are joined by Devon's wife, Dejah, on piano and Devon's mom,
Barbara, on guitar. La Famille Leger plays music for dancing,
music handed down through generations in the New World, music
from the backwoods and kitchen parties of French Canada. |
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BONNIE BIRCH Bonnie began accordion lessons at the age of 7. Her primary teacher up to the age of 19 was Thorild Swanson from Stancatto School of Accordion. Thor was a classically trained musician on the piano and organ and was noted for his attention to detail and desire for perfection. With his guidance, Bonnie developed excellent technique, music reading skills, performing skills, and the appreciation of practice and patience. She was a consistent winner at the Washington Accordion Teachers competitions culminating in a trip to New York for an International competition and a performance in Carnegie Hall. Read more about Bonnie Birch: www.bonniebirch.com |
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STEEPLECHASE
PRODUCTIONS AND PLAYING FRENCH SEATTLE
A troupe of local actors from Steeplechase Productions and Playing French Seattle will stage a reading of a new bilingual adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," french translation by Jeanne Métifeu-Béjeau. Audience participation welcome, for more info contact Tom Ansart, Producer, libchase@aol.com.
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NATIONAL ANTHEMS Rebecca Gordon will sing La Marseillaise.It is the national anthem of France. It was written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792 and adopted in 1795 as the nation's first anthem. Then the public could enjoy "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the United States of America.
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FRANCOIS PERNEL AND MADLEEN GRATIEN Francois Pernel Musical Workshop for Children Fisher Roof: 4:00 - 4:30pm Madleen Gratien Musical Workshop for children Fisher Roof: 11:00 - 11:30am François Pernel is a French harpist, playing on a Salvi Donegal harp which is a celtic harp. In a programme which features his own arrangements of traditional music alongside compositions in the style of Satie, Chopin, Scriabin and Messiaen, and music by the late great Breton harpist Kristen Noguès, François Pernel demonstrates extraordinary originality and versatility. Listen out for unexpected rhythms, deep harmonies, swing, improvisation – and a few surprises!
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HARDCORETET Hardcoretet performs music inspired by the desire of its members to write compositions with enough depth to satisfy the musically obsessed and a groove everyone can nod their head to. With years of formal jazz study and performance combined with a set of diverse influences from Robert Glasper to Pierre de Bethmann to Hermeto Pascoal, the band has built a singular sound and focuses more on group vibe and concept than on individual flash and fireworks. On stage, Hardcoretet represents a departure from your average unrehearsed solo-centric jazz." Read more about Hardcoretet :hardcoretetmusic.com |
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PAMPLEMOUSSE
Composed of Marchette Dubois
(Accordeonist) and Ines Andrade (French vocalist) Pamplemousse
will bring you back to French 30s through 50s with some peppy
and seducing songs from the era. You'll be swaying to titles
such as "La vie en Rose", "Mon manege a moi", "Mon amant de
St Jean" and "Domino". |
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