Feb 16, 2016

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet

Get a taste of traditional Cajun music with BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet at The American Theatre on Saturday, February 27 at 8:00pm.

For the past 37 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 Doucet’s spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, this band is notorious for bringing even the most staid audience to its feet. Their distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits of New Orleans jazz, blues rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass.

“We’ve recorded a lot of albums, yet we always seem to come up with new songs saying things that haven’t been said.”- Michael Doucet

Since becoming the first Cajun band to win a GRAMMY with “L’amour Ou La Folie” and then a second Grammy in 2010, “Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival”, BeauSoleil has garnered many accolades, including twelve GRAMMY nominations, the latest being their 2009 release Alligator Purse. Critics unanimously agree that it is “bon temps, every time they play.”

“The best Cajun band in the World!” - Garrison Keillor, A Prairie Home Companion

Wondering how BeauSoleil creates their unique sound? Watch this sneak peak of their recording session!

Did you know?

Along with all of their recognition, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet was also featured on a hit HBO program titled, Treme.

Michael Doucet

Michael Doucet is defined by his deep connection with, and dedication to, the music of the sacred French-Cajun culture. A Folk Arts Apprenticeship from the National Endowment of the Arts spurred Doucet to seek out every surviving Cajun musician and learn from them in person; he studied genre fathers Dewey Balfa, Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, Luderin Darbone, Varise Connor, Canaray Fontenot and many others, even inspiring some to return to publicly performing.

“BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet – they play music that’s honest to the bone!” - Allen Toussaint

Their album titled, From Bamako to Carencro, takes its name from the cultural connection between Bamako, in Mali, West Africa, and Louisiana, symbolized in name by the Lafayette, LA suburb of Carencro.

Click the SoundCloud icon and listen to La Douceur featured on their debut album, From Bamako to Carencro

Put some spice in your life and enjoy BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet at The American Theatre on Saturday, February 27 at 8pm! Tickets for the show can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/1SsTjUC