"A three-day festival gathering top Cajun and zydeco artists from Louisiana and the Bay Area, it's a full-spectrum immersion into the celebratory sounds and steps of the Cajun and Creole peoples of the Gulf Coast. Friday night's program centers on performances by the Bay Area's Aux Cajunals (featuring Eric and Suzy Thompson) and south Louisiana's Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, with an evening-concluding jam session. Saturday's all-day schedule features sets by zydeco accordion maestro Ruben Moreno, Cajun standard bearers the Riley Family Band with David Greely and Sam Broussard, and soulful accordionist/vocalist Geno Delafose, scion of a zydeco dynasty. And Sunday closes with the Bay Area Mardi Gras combo Iko YaYa and the band of Louisiana blues and zydeco accordionist Mark St. Mary. Each day includes dance lessons and music workshops."
"Bay Area jazz fans have been watching the career of Julian Lage for, well, most of his life. And we mean that pretty much literally, given that he was a child prodigy and the focus of a documentary "Julian at Eight" at the age when most kids would rather watch "SpongeBob SquarePants" than master jazz guitar licks. Lage's career, as an adult, has definitely lived up to all the hype he generated as a youth."
Bayou Boogie West is a three-day festival at Ashkenaz in Berkeley showcasing top Cajun and zydeco artists from Louisiana and the Bay Area. The lineup includes Aux Cajunals, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Ruben Moreno, the Riley Family Band with David Greely and Sam Broussard, Geno Delafose, Iko YaYa, and Mark St. Mary. Each day offers dance lessons and music workshops alongside performances. The Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center is launching a yearlong commemoration of founder David Nadel during the event. Bay Area jazz guitarist Julian Lage, a former child prodigy and subject of the documentary "Julian at Eight," continues a celebrated career and is releasing a new album.
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