It is with a heavy heart that all of us here at Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience mourn this huge loss with his immediate family, children Alison and Reggie, his band mates and extended music family and fans the world over. We are crushed by this loss and cannot imagine the city of New …
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Just landed back in the U.S. y’all and soon we’ll be sharing more stories, images and memories as we debrief from this life eventful 3 week tour of Russia and Ukraine. In the meantime however we’ll leave you with some beautiful images from July 13-26 in NWR, (Northwest Russia) the Urals and ancient cites in …
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Oh happy day! On June 6, 2015, the group performed at Brooklyn at Prospect Park Bandshell. This is a legendary spot with some of the most diverse music programming around. This year their season gala opened with Chaka Kahn on June 3rd. Wow. Can you imagine that night of music? We sure can. Must have …
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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Promoting Mutual Understanding NEWS UPDATE: The group has been invited on a 6 city 2 week tour of Russia in July 2015. Arriving in St. Petersburg the group continues onto the beautiful, historical port city of Kaliningrad for their first performance and ends the tour in Tyumen, where they …
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A few thoughts and comments from T.S. “I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Experience matters y’all. In 33 years we’ve had 100’s of feature articles in daily newspapers, respected periodicals and music specific publications, written about not just our performances, CD’s, films, side projects, but the music as a whole. Some of …
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NOTE FROM TEAM ZYDECO & TERRANCE: With the consolidation of media and the ever changing landscape of music, there are fewer dedicated music writers contributing to traditional print media. The Albany Times Union is owned by the Hearst Corp, one of the largest and diverse mass media corporations, but we gotta give em some love …
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Yes, friends, there is hope for a culturally literate student population in the US! Even more specific though, there is hope these students who have now been exposed, will possess a basic knowledge of American roots music so they too can “Help Keep The Blues, Roots + Zydeco Alive”! These music genres share a history. …
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NOTE: We feel that this “myopia” applies to our own black blues and roots artists, and native American artists. We are hopeful that these “other” music genres & artists from right here in the US, will be fully integrated into our own music culture one day. We applaud Cortney for writing this piece. Why the Music World …
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