Cajun and Old-Time Music by Katie Trautz with Lee Blackwell and Cannon Labrie at the Den in Cabot!
• Saturday, Nov. 11th – 6-8pm
The Den, 3087 Main St., Cabot, VT 05647
802-563-2291
Admission is free!
Come to the Den in Cabot to hear some lively Cajun and Old-Time music on fiddle, accordion, and guitar! Local musician Katie Trautz will be putting on a show, joined by Cannon Labrie of Cajun band Yankee Chank, and Lee Blackwell of VT band Green Mountain Playboys.
Katie Trautz (www.katietrautz.com) is a native Vermont fiddler who has toured nationally and internationally sharing traditional music and original folk songs. She has released three albums, two of which have won ‘best traditional album of the year in the state of Vermont. Katie plays fiddle, guitar and banjo, crossing genres with her numerous ensembles. She has studied with some of the greatest fiddle players in the US, including Dirk Powell, Pete Sutherland, James Bryan, Jimmy Triplett, and Bruce Molsky. Katie is also the co-founder of the non-profit folk music school ‘The Summit School of Traditional Music and Culture’ based in Montpelier, VT.
“Katie Trautz is representative of many young people playing traditional music today. On (her album) Remembering, she has used the traditional style to establish her own distinctive and lovely repertoire." — TD, Sing Out Magazine
“In the spotlight by herself, Trautz reveals nuance and depth. She approaches singing the way she does the fiddle: with a subdued directness, creating a sound that’s beautiful in its simplicity.” –Dan Bolles, Seven Days Review
Lee Blackwell, drummer and guitarist, was introduced to Cajun Music in the 1980’s by his old friend Tracy Schwarz, who played in legendary New York City folk outfit the New Lost City Ramblers. Along with Schwarz, Blackwell found himself playing with the late great Dewey Balfa of Louisiana when he toured in the Northeast. Blackwell and Schwarz also played together in the Tracy Schwarz Cajun trio, which cut two award-winning records and brought the music to the UK over eight annual tours.
Cannon Labrie plays accordion for Yankee Chank, a band which has been performing traditional dance music from Southwest Louisiana at weddings, festivals, community gatherings, and nightclubs since the 1990’s. Drawn together by a passion for traditional Cajun and Zydeco music, the group has learned from and performed with many of the most influential Cajun musicians in Louisiana, including, Dewey Balfa, Marc & Ann Savoy, BeauSoleil, and others.