The Acadiana Center for the Arts is proud to bring Cuban-American roots music sensation Raul Malo to the James Devin Moncus Theater stage Saturday, February 4 at 8:00 p.m. Raul Malo brings his chart-topping new album Sinners & Saints to a one-night-only show at AcA on his way from Texas to the East Coast and Europe.
Malo is a musical chameleon, moving fluidly from Alt-Country to Blues, Jazz and Latin, connecting all through great vintage rock and roll. A master at infusing his songwriting with sonic ingenuity and emotional sincerity, Malo’s performances are abundant with surprising twists, from the twang of a country guitar to the melancholy of a trumpet and the punctuations of a Mexican accordion.
The founder of alt-Country band The Mavericks and of Latin All-Star group Los Super Seven, Malo has over the years collaborated with a who’s who in music, from Willie Nelson to Emmylou Harris, Los Lobos to Susanna Baca, Joe Ely to Rick Trevino.
Backed by a five-piece band and endowed with a phenomenal vocal range, Raul Malo is one of the great independent voices in music today. Hearing this extraordinary musician in the acoustically pure environment of AcA’s 300-seat James D. Moncus Theater will be a memorable experience.
Entertainment Weekly stated, “Malo is one of those rare singers who transcend the mundane with the sheer operatic sweep of his marvelous instrument. He’s among the last of a breed: a country stylist with finesse and brawn in equal measure, turning his laments into bittersweet valentines.”
Ticket prices are $20 for AcA members, $25 for non-members in advance, $25 for members and $30 for non-members at the door.
Tickets are available online at AcadianaCenterfortheArts.org, by phone at 337.233.7060 or visiting our Box Office at 101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette. Box Office hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 – 5 p.m.
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