One of the brightest talents to emerge in Cajun, creole and zydeco
(Louisiana French) music over the last decade, Cedric Watson is a
four-time Grammy-nominated fiddler, singer, accordionist & songwriter
who has immersed himself deeply in French music and language. Over
the next several years, Cedric performed French music in 17 countries
and on 7 full-length albums with various groups, including the Pine
Leaf Boys, Corey Ledet, and with his own group Bijou Creole. Bijou
Creole resurrects the ancient sounds of the French and Spanish contra
dance and bourré alongside the spiritual rhythms of the Congo tribes
of West Africa, who were sold as slaves in the Carribean and Louisiana
by the French and Spanish. With a vast repertoire of songs at his
fingertips, Cedric plays everything from forgotten creole melodies and
obscure Dennis McGee reels to more modern Cajun and zydeco tunes,
occasionally throwing in a bluegrass fiddle tune or an old string band
number. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he writes nearly all of his
songs on his double row Hohner accordion. Cedrics songs channel his
diverse ancestry (African, French, Native American and Spanish) to
create his own brand of sounds. Cedrics albums are a tapestry of
pulsing rhythms and Creole poetry, and his live performances are
unforgettable, all at once progressive and nostalgic.
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