For the past 50 years, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has been making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. Born out of the rich Acadian ancestry of its members, and created and driven by bandleader Michael Doucetสผs spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil is notorious for bringing even the most staid audience to its feet. BeauSoleilสผs distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits of New Orleans jazz, blues rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass, captivating listeners from the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, to Carnegie Hall, then all the way across the pond to Richard Thompsonสผs Meltdown Festival in England...
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For the past 50 years, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has been making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. Born out of the rich Acadian ancestry of its members, and created and driven by bandleader Michael Doucetสผs spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil is notorious for bringing even the most staid audience to its feet. BeauSoleilสผs distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits of New Orleans jazz, blues rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass, captivating listeners from the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, to Carnegie Hall, then all the way across the pond to Richard Thompsonสผs Meltdown Festival in England. Their most recent album and the 25th in their 45-year career, was titled โFrom Bamako to Carencro,โ alluding the cultural and migratory connection between Bamako, in Mali, West Africa, and Louisiana (symbolized in name by the Lafayette, LA suburb of Carencro), a connection that draws a sonic bloodline back to BeauSoleilสผs roots. Since becoming the first Cajun band to win a GRAMMY with โLสผamour Ou La Folieโ (their Traditional Folk Album โ 1998) and then a second Grammy in 2010, โLive at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festivalโ, BeauSoleil has garnered many accolades, including twelve GRAMMY nominations. They are regular guests on Garrison Keillorสผs NPR show A Prairie Home Companion, where Keillor has dubbed them as โthe best Cajun band in the world,โ and their music is so integral to the Cajun culture that they have been featured on the New Orleansโbased hit HBO program โTremeโ. Critics unanimously agree that it is โbon temps, every time they play,โ (New York Times). In addition to their show, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet created their own Christmas performance, โ14 Cajun Christmasโ. A detour from the routine path of holiday musical fare, โ14 Cajun Christmasโ presents his beloved ensemble performing selections from their rich catalog alongside Bayou flavored versions of classic holiday tunes. Expect both the familiar and some surprises for a โcool-yuleโ of an evening! Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!
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