Phoebe Legere is a musical treasure, loaded with inspiration. She has traveled the world from China to Africa bringing joy to people everywhere with her New Acadian brand of songwriting.
Legere has reinvented Cajun music in her own image, mixing New York City jazz funk with New Orleans blues, down-home Acadian bluegrass, story-telling and melody. Phoebe infuses her bilingual shows with a spectacular sense of humor that crosses all language barriers.
Her new EP blends original, contemporary-themed alternative songs with traditional Acadian style. Acadian Moon features cousin Ray Legere on fiddle. Acadian Moon is making its way up the college charts in Canada.
She performs one of her new folk songs, “Hip Hop Frog” on the current HBO/Lena Dunham documentary, It’s Me Hillary. Her appearance in the documentary resulted in rave notices in major media including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
Legere sings, plays piano, accordion, cello, Native American flute and guitar, and writes memorable songs. She was signed to Epic/Sony at age 16.
Her original song “Marilyn Monroe” was a hit on college radio in 1990.
Her accordion song “Amazing Love” was in the Top 40 on Adult Contemporary in 1997.
Legere starred in cult films including “Mondo New York” and “Toxic Avenger 2” and “Toxic Avenger 3”. She opened for David Bowie, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in music in 2000.
Legere has released 15 CDs of original music, and has appeared on NPR and CBC, CBS Sunday Morning, ABC, HBO and A & E. In addition to singing at Carnegie Hall, she’s also performed at Lincoln Center and at the Congrés Mondial Acadien.
She has been described as “The Must See to End All Must Sees.”
Legere will be performing at Eureka Hall on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. Admission is free, and she will be performing three sets starting at 7 p.m. Eureka Hall is located at 5 School Street, in Stockholm.
For more information, visit Eureka Hall online at www.facebook.com/EurekaHallRestaurant or call Anne Leighton at 718-881-8183.
