9月13日星期五晚7:30至9:00，美国驻华大使馆和中华世纪坛管理中心特邀美国牛仔乐团《卫理和狂野西部》（Wylie and the Wild West）举办免费演出，为您带来一个美国西部乡村音乐之夜。地点: 中华世纪坛当代艺术馆小剧场（海淀区复兴路9号, 世纪坛东侧路与玉渊潭南路交叉路口的红绿灯西南角/电话：5980222）。座位有限，先到先得，每人最多两张。报名请速发邮件至：GaoJ@state.gov

美国公路到中国

美国传统音乐和音乐家一览

Wylie & The Wild West（卫理和狂野西部)

类型：牛仔歌曲与高地平原约德尔调

网站：http://www.wyliewebsite.com/

视频 (youtube)：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPaoJv-NrEU

视频 (vimeo)： http://vimeo.com/873480

音频：尼克·斯皮策（Nick Spitzer）主持的美国公路（American Routes）电台节目，“牛仔再次来袭” 卫理和狂野西部乐队（Wylie & The Wild West）的卫理·古斯塔夫森（Wylie Gustafson） http://americanroutes.wwno.org/player/playlist/24460/hour/1

早上五点半一般不是音乐家活动的时间。尽管他事业已经很成功，成为美国最流行的西部艺人之一，世界一流的西部约德尔唱法歌手，卫理·古斯塔夫森仍然每天起床照料家畜。这是使他贴近生活的方法，也是他的艺术的支柱。对于卫理来说，牧场和录音棚是分不开的。

 “放牧和我的音乐之间有着非常紧密的联系，”他说。 “我的大部分歌曲都诞生于我居住的环境和放牧的地方。当我写节奏轻快的歌曲时，我要让牛仔能闻歌起舞。当我写一首抒情歌曲时，我要让牛仔能产生共鸣。” 卫理在蒙大拿的康拉德出生并长大，他父亲是乡村兽医和牧场主，卫理现在在离他长大地方不远的一条路上拥有一个牧场。他佩戴的闪亮皮带扣不是在eBay上赢得的。卫理是一位多才多艺的分马爱好者，他是2005年NCHA西部全国总决赛的冠军。“卫理和狂野西部”已经走遍世界各地，在大奥普里演出过50多次，并在从林肯中心到休斯敦牛仔竞技畜牧展，从肯尼迪中心到卡加利牛仔竞技赛上演出。

American Routes to China

Touring traditional music and musicians of the U.S.A.

Wylie & The Wild West

Genre: Cowboy Songs & High-Plains Yodeling

Website: http://www.wyliewebsite.com/

Video (youtube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPaoJv-NrEU

Video (vimeo):  http://vimeo.com/873480

Audio:  American Routes Radio Program, Hosted by Nick Spitzer “The Cowboy Rides Again” With Wylie Gustafson of Wylie & The Wild West: http://americanroutes.wwno.org/player/playlist/24460/hour/1

Five-thirty in the morning is not an hour generally claimed by musicians. Despite his successful career as one of America’s most popular western entertainers, world-class western yodeler and singer Wylie Gustafson still gets up every day to tend the livestock. It is what grounds him and is the backbone of his art. For Wylie, the ranch and the recording studio are inseparable.

"The connection between ranching and my music is extremely close," he says. "Most of my songs are born out of the environment where I live and punch cattle. When I write an up beat song, I make sure it’s a song that a cowboy can dance to. When I write a more lyrical song, I make sure that a real cowboy will be able to relate to it somehow. "Born and raised in Conrad, Montana where his dad was rural veterinarian and rancher, Wylie now owns a ranch just down the road from where he grew up. That shiny belt buckle he wears wasn’t won on EBay. Wylie is an accomplished cutting horse enthusiast who was the 2005 NCHA Western National Finals Champion. Wylie & The Wild West have traveled the world over, and appeared on the Grand Ole Opry over 50 times, performed at venues from Lincoln Center to the Houston Rodeo & Livestock Show, from the Kennedy Center to the Calgary Stampede.