Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Squeezebox Swamp

Cedric Watson wasn’t born in Bayou Country, but he can navigate Creole, Cajun and zydeco traditions like a native. In fact, he swirls them all together with Afro-Caribbean polyrhythms, creating a sound that one critic called “refreshingly new and joyously old school at the same time.” Backed by his band Bijou Creole, the twentysomething Grammy nominee trades off between a button accordion and a fiddle, creating a spicy jambalaya of two-steps and waltzes. Tap your toes to his rip-roaring fusion — and lyrics en français — in Morrisville on Sunday.