[RP TownTalk] ArtsFest2014: The Smokin' Polecats, Tosin Musik Set For ArtsFest2014

[RP Arts Council]

*The Riverdale Park Arts Council educates and works for the understanding
and appreciation of the arts for the Riverdale Park community and its
residents.*

*Contact: Jeffrey Yorke*

*301-502-1243 or Yorkedial at gmail.com <Yorkedial at gmail.com>*

*ArtsFest2014*

*The Smokin' Polecats, Tosin Musik Set For ArtsFest2014 *

*RIVERDALE PARK, MD., March 20, 2014* - For most of the last 41 years, Dave
Sherman has been belting out the Blues and loving it. These days he's the
lead singer for *The Smokin' Polecats*, a foursome known throughout the
Washington area for their post-WWII sound of Chicago masters such as Jimmy
Rogers, Little Walter and Hubert Sumlin. The group also can capture the
West Coast Jump/Swing sound of Tiny Grimes, Pee Wee Crayton, and T-Bone
Walker along with the soulful Rock'a'Billy sound of Carl Perkins and Johnny
Burnette. Sherman and his 'Cats will bring it all to Riverdale Park May 4
when the Riverdale Park Arts Council holds its seventh annual ArtsFest2014
in Town Center at the MARC train station.



The 'Cats made their debut at ArtsFest last year and this year add WAMMIE
Award winning artist and Riverdale Park resident Marianna Previti to
lineup. Previti, voted best traditional jazz vocalist in 1999, 2001 and
2002 by the Washington Area Music Association, was trained as a classical
trumpet player but it is her sense of phrasing, sound quality and
interpretation of song that makes her among the finest singers around.



"The Smokin' Polecats play the blues in all styles and for all tastes,"
said Bill Wax of XM Satellite Radio. Silkcity Records' Andy Allu described *The
Smokin' Polecats* as "jumping shuffles, wailing harp, and stinging guitar
set against a backdrop of Blues that ranges from West Coast Swing,
Louisiana Swamp, and everything in between." Says one longtime fan, "trust
me, you won't be disappointed."



Drummer and Nigerian native-turned Hyattsville resident Tosin Aribisala
will take the ArtsFest2014 stage as *Tosin Musik, *offering a blend of African
contemporary/traditional music genres, mainly Yoruba rhythms, afrobeat,
highlife, neosoul and jazz with different American styles. Tosin, who has
been artist in residence at the Strathmore Music Center in Rockville and
performed at the Kennedy Center, told *The Hyattsville Wire* he calls his
music "Afrikan Rhapsody."



Also on the bill is Fernando Hermoza's Hyattsville-based *Hermoza Latin
Quartet *with their smooth Afro- South American rhythmic concoction of
Tuntuna, Saya, Festejo, Lando and other Latin styles. Filling out the day
will be the renowned *US Army Field Jazz Combo* and select members of the
Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation. AEBHF is based in Riverdale Park
and is wonderful source of free, weekly blues and jazz entertainment on the
edge of Town Center.



All-News WTOP-FM anchor-reporter David Burd is "thrilled" to return for his
fourth tour as ArtsFest emcee.



A Call for Artists, Crafters, Authors and Vendors can be found at
www.rpartscouncil.org

*Town Center at the MARC Station is at 4650 Queensbury Road in downtown
Riverdale Park. *

*Contributions for RPAC maybe tax deductible through the group's
relationship with the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, a
501(c)3 non-profit organization**. **ArtsFest2014** is made possible by the
generous support of the Town of Riverdale Park, the Riverdale Lions Club,
Yorke Partners, and Michael D. Herman, Esq. & Associates. *
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