WADDINGTON -- MaryAnn Casale and Tas Cru will perform for the next Waddington Concert Series show on Friday, Aug. 18, at the Waddington Pavilion (bottom of Main St.) from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Casale started playing music at a young age with a strong jazz and blues influence learned from her uncle who taught her how to play guitar. In early February, her album “Restless Heart” was nominated for a SAMMY (Syracuse Area Music Awards) for best Americana Album of 2016.

From sultry blues, to folk and Americana, always soulful, this eclectic performer always delivers a true, honest, performance.

Raucous, rowdy, gentle, sweet, eccentric, quirky, and outright irreverent are all words that fittingly describe Tas Cru's songs and testify to his reputation as one of the most unique bluesmen plying his trade today. Tas Cru's discography includes seven albums of original songs.

Honors and recognition include Cru being awarded the 2014 Blues Foundation's Keeping the Blues Alive Award (KBA) for Blues Education and in 2009 named by Blues Festival Guide Magazine as its 2009 Blues Artist on the Rise.

In January 2015, the Rum Boogie Café awarded Cru a guitar to autograph and it hangs among the gallery of artist signed guitars. His latest album, “Simmered & Stewed” was named 2016 Best Blues Album by the Syracuse Area Music Awards (SAMMYS).

Admission to the concert series is free, but donations are welcome for future concerts.

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