Cedric Watson in London / on the BBC

Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole will be playing to a sold out crowd at London’s famed Barbican Theatre. The show, hosted by Seasick Steve and also featuring the Wiyos, CW Stoneking, Diana Jones, and Allison Williams & Chance McCoy, will be aired on the BBC’s Folk America Series.

Here is more info from the Barbican website:

“The BBC’s Folk America series is a comprehensive survey of American folk music which goes all the way back to the dawn of recorded sound.

In it, the extraordinary people, the timeless songs and the multifarious stories intertwine to make up a great and continuingly relevant tradition.

In these two Folk America concerts we reflect, engage with and celebrate the music that has inspired the programmes.

Hollerers, Stompers & Old Time Ramblers focuses on old time music; the sounds of the Appalachian Mountains and of the Mississippi Delta which were first recorded in the 1920s and 1930s, and which still haunt the imagination today.

Maverick bluesman Seasick Steve will be joined by The Wiyos delivering a blend of vaudeville, hillbilly swing and old-time country, the authentic Hokum blues of CW Stoneking and the lonesome sound of Nashville’s Diana Jones.

Visit the BBC Folk America site

BBC Four will broadcast the documentary series on Fri 23 Jan, Fri 30 Jan and Fri 6 Feb. The Old-Time concert will air on Fri 23 Jan and the Greenwich Village concert will air on Fri 13 Feb. These will be accompanied by archive documentaries and sessions.”