Corey Harris & Cedric Watson: True Blues
Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center
Hosted by friends of the proGram, Corey Harris, a MacArthur Grant recipient, and featuring renowned Creole/blues musician & friend of the proGram, Cedric Watson, True Blues chronicles the extraordinary living culture of the blues in an evening of music and conversation.
Corey Harris was featured in Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey, which followed Harris on a roots journey to West Africa. Cedric Watson has an apparently bottomless repertoire of songs at his fingertips; he plays everything from forgotten Creole French melodies and obscure Dennis McGee reels to more modern Cajun and Zydeco songs. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he is also a prolific songwriter, writing almost all of his songs on his double row Hohner accordion. Watson’s songs channel his diverse ancestry (African, French, Native American, and Spanish) to create his own brand of sounds.
Blues is at the center of their artistry, and the blues takes center stage in True Blues, the concert.
