TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
PRESENTS

THE U.S. PREMIERE OF
BORDER MUSIC
FEATURING GUITARISTS
DAVID HIDALGO (LOS LOBOS/LATIN PLAYBOYS)
& MARC RIBOT (TOM WAITS/ELVIS COSTELLO)
WITH
BRAD JONES, BASS
ANTHONY COLEMAN, KEYBOARDS
COUGAR ESTRADA, DRUMS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2011, 8:00 P.M.
AT BASS CONCERT HALL

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF AUSTIN & THE AUSTIN CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY

“At times Ribot played with the wasp-like sting of the young, Bluesbreakers-era Eric Clapton, Hidalgo replying with legato lines rich in lyricism. At other times they reversed these roles or mixed them up. The result: a profoundly memorable evening.” – The Australian

Guitar meets guitar as Texas Performing Arts hosts the U.S. premiere of Border Music, featuring guitarists David Hidalgo and Marc Ribot, November 30 at Bass Concert Hall. Both guitarists are steeped in different sides of the sprawling entity that is Latin music – Hidalgo with his roots deep in Mexican and Tex-Mex stylings, Ribot’s with Cuban dance music.

David Hidalgo is the driving vocal and guitar force of East LA’s Los Lobos and Latin Playboys, the former of which took border-hopping cultural collisions onto the world stage with a series of chart-topping songs and albums. Guitarist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Lounge Lizards) combines musical excursions between cultures, styles, and genres, forging a unique partnership where immigrant neighborhoods meet intellectual nuance – creating truly new music that stirs the heart, challenges the head, and moves the body.

Hidalgo and Ribot will be joined by Brad Jones (bass) and Anthony “The Professor” Coleman (keyboards), both original Cubanos Postizos, and drummer Cougar Estrada of Los Lobos.

For more information on Border Music, please visit texasperformingarts.org/season/hidalgo.

Border Music is presented by Texas Performing Arts’ ArtesAméricas program. In partnership with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, ArtesAméricas promotes cultural dialogue in the Americas through the performing arts. For more information, please visit artesamericas.org.

CALENDAR LISTING
Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 8:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts presents Border Music featuring David Hidalgo & Marc Ribot at Bass Concert Hall (E. 23rd St. and Robert Dedman Dr). A map of the campus: texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($24-32 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew; 512.471.0632
gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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