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http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=05-Jun-2015&lang=ru&s=10433
05-Jun-2015
by Rob Howard
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 Texas Folklife’s annual festival concert celebrating the state’s accordion roots music takes place on Saturday June 6th, 7pm, at the Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston. The event will feature stars and legends in polka, Cajun zydeco, and conjunto. This is a free concert and also features Grammy-winning Los Texmaniacs’ CD Release Party.Special concert guests include Flaco Jiménez, Jerome Batiste and the Zydeko Players, Debra Peters and the Love Saints, and the 2015 Big Squeeze Champions - Elizabeth Kelley (Cajun/Zydeco), Brandon Hodde (Polka), and Rito Peña (Conjunto). Los Texmaniacs’ members are Max Baca on bajo sexto, Josh Baca on accordion, Noel Hernandez on electric bass, and Daniel Martinez on the drums. It will be a special night as the new Texmaniacs CD, ‘Americano Groove’, will be released. The album features guest musicians including accordionist David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Steve Berlin, and Augie Meyers. It's a mix of five traditional conjunto tracks, three country tracks, and four others that blur genres between rock and TexMex. “We are very much looking forward to this year’s Accordion Kings and Queens Festival,” said Executive Director Cristina Ballí. “The concert was started with the idea of promoting the accordion and its role in the different genres of roots music found throughout the state. It has become a full-out celebration of that music, featuring musical legends and stars, and it also has become the breeding ground for the next generation of squeezeboxers with our newly crowned Big Squeeze Champs taking to the stage. And we are thrilled that Los Texmaniacs is using the Festival this year to release their new CD. It will be a joyous night of celebrating all things accordion - with dancing and merry-making, all under the stars in Houston, Texas. Put on your dancing shoes or boots and join us!” The Accordion Kings & Queens Festival and The Big Squeeze are funded by the Board of Texas Folklife, the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board, Houston Endowment, Hohner Inc., Texas Commission on the Arts, the Raven Grill, the Houston Press and KPFT 90.1 FM. Additional support for the contest is provided by One Gas, Sign Effects, Hacienda Records, South Central Music Source, and the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Texas Folklife is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to presenting and preserving the diverse cultures and living heritage of the Lone Star State. For further information email: sheree.scarborough@gmail.com |