New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) Hill Country Live, D.C's go-to destination for Americana and roots music, has confirmed acts from Brooklyn-bred Americana to Zydeco this March, CJ Chenier Mar 15, and Yarn's album release show Mar 22. There will also be a
Texas Independence Day celebration Mar 2 with Texan musician Austin Allsup, special guests to be announced and food and drink specials including $1.76 Shiner beer to commemorate the 176th year of
Texas Independence.
CJ Chenier ˆ 3/15 ˆThe son of Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier,
Texas born CJ carries on the tradition playing with his father's Red Hot Louisiana Band. CJ has toured with Paul Simon, appeared on The Daily Show and Austin City Limits, and is a fixture at festivals such as SXSW and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival https://www.myspace.com/cjchenier
Yarn ˆ 3/22 - Brooklyn-based Americana/Alt-Country band Yarn‚s sound owes as much to Gram Parsons and Earl Scruggs as to Jerry Garcia and
Exile On Main Street-era Rolling Stones. Their albums have been favorites on the AMA Charts, and they'll play all over the country this year, including at SXSW.
https://www.yarnmusic.net/home.cfm
Hill Country Live's official SXSW Showcase ˆ 3/16 - At Saxon Pub in Austin, the showcase will feature performances by Billy Joe Shaver, Shooter Jennings,
Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real, Hellbound Glory, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Chip Taylor and
Roger Alan Wade.
Hill Country Live DC is located at 410 7th St. NW Washington, DC 20004. Phone: 202-556-2050
About Hill Country Live:
Hill Country Live features the best of Americana, Alt-Country and
Roots music presented in state-of-the-art performance venues in New York City and Washington DC. Since 2007, Hill Country Barbecue Market has been NYC's premier destination for authentic
Texas barbecue and recently, with Hill Country Live, it has established itself as NYC's home for Americana music.
Legends like Rosanne Cash, Bob Schneider, Dale Watson, Asleep at the Wheel and Shooter Jennings have performed, and Hill Country Live has partnered with Nashville's Americana
Music Association, SXSW
Music Festival, and New Orleans' Export NOLA. A second location, in Washington, D.C.'s thriving Penn Quarter (410 Seventh Street, NW) opened in 2011 meeting with equal success and has presented shows by
Roger Creager, Band of Heathens, Carolyn Wonderland, Slaid Cleaves and The Holmes Bros. Part of Hill Country Live's core mission is to serve our local communities in Washington, DC and New York, as well as to serve the communities of our familial and spiritual roots: Austin, the Hill Country, and the great state of Texas.
Hill Country Live on the web:
https://music.hillcountrywdc.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hill-Country-Barbecue-Market-DC/199394473422300
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