Cephas and Wiggins
08/03/2006
Cephas and Wiggins are masters of Piedmont-style guitar, featuring loping bass as the melody is simultaneously picked out on the treble strings. Today on The Beat, Cephas and Wiggins bring their Piedmont Blues live to our performance studio. We also hear about a murder mystery set in the dot com world and get dance reviews with Alice Kaderlan.Today's Featured Music Selection: Ska Cubano
Before the Cuban Revolution in 1959, Caribbean music styles like Trinidadian calypso were popular in Cuba, and Cuban music greatly influenced musicians of other islands. Now a UK/Cuba collaboration called Ska Cubano imagines what would have happened had Jamaica ska blended with the big band blasts of classic Cuban mambo and son. The band hits these shores with the catchy and danceable CD, ¡Ay Caramba! We'll listen to highlights throughout the hour.
Selected Tracks on The Beat:
1. Cumbia En Do Menor
2. ¡Ay Caramba!
3. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
4. No Me Desesperes
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At 2:05 p.m. - Cephas and Wiggins
Cephas and Wiggins are famous for their Piedmont Blues – specifically the Piedmont-style guitar, featuring alternating thumb and finger, with the thumb creating a steady, loping bass as the melody is simultaneously picked out on the treble strings. To Cephas and Wiggins, the blues lyric is the poetry of the African-American experience. Says Cephas, "The blues is a creation of black people in communities all across this country when times were hard. It was a way of expression, an outlet, and it’s had so much impact. Blues music is truth. The lyrics are true-to-life experiences that people everywhere can relate to." Cephas and Wiggins join Megan Sukys in the Performance Studio for live music and conversation.
Related Event:
Cephas and Wiggins Perform at Jazz Alley August 8th and 9th, 2006.
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At 2:30 p.m. - Keith Raffel
Keith Raffel has had a diverse career, first founding the internet software company UpShot, then selling the company and moving on to be a mystery novelist. In his first book, Dot Dead, he harvests experiences from his time in high tech to tell the story of a murder and the requisite "trail of secrets, lies, and obsession". We talk with Keith Raffel about how he moved from the offices of Silicon Valley to the bookstore mystery shelves and what the two have in common.
Related Event:
Keith Raffel reads tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park.
At 2:50 p.m. - Alice Kaderlan
Our monthly visit from Alice Kaderlan for reviews and previews of events in Pacific Northwest dance.
