FeaturesSeptember 10, 2006
Festival to celebrate Gulf Coast music
RICHMOND, Va. -- The music of the Gulf Coast region will be showcased at the 68th National Folk Festival, a free three-day event taking place in Richmond, Oct. 13-15. Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders will bring Creole jazz and blues from New Orleans. The Lost Bayou Ramblers from Lafayette in southwestern Louisiana will perform Cajun music, and Willie King & The Liberators will bring blues from eastern Mississippi and western Alabama...
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RICHMOND, Va. -- The music of the Gulf Coast region will be showcased at the 68th National Folk Festival, a free three-day event taking place in Richmond, Oct. 13-15.
Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders will bring Creole jazz and blues from New Orleans. The Lost Bayou Ramblers from Lafayette in southwestern Louisiana will perform Cajun music, and Willie King & The Liberators will bring blues from eastern Mississippi and western Alabama.
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In addition, the festival will feature Irish music from button-accordion master Joe Derrane, fiddler Seamus Connolly and guitarist John McGann -- collectively known as The Boston Edge. Also on the schedule is The Lee Boys group from Richmond Heights, Fla., a fourth-generation band that plays gospel music on steel guitars.
The National Folk Festival started in 1934 as a way to celebrate American culture through the performing arts, storytelling, crafts and food.
For more information, visit www.nationalfolkfestival.com or call 804-788-6466.
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