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SUMMARY:BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet
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DESCRIPTION:For the past 50 years\, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has bee
 n making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. Bo
 rn out of the rich Acadian ancestry of its members\, and created and drive
 n by bandleader Michael Doucet’s spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful
  vocals\, BeauSoleil is notorious for bringing even the most staid audienc
 e to its feet. BeauSoleil’s distinctive sound derives from the distilled
  spirits of New Orleans jazz\, blues rock\, folk\, swamp pop\, Zydeco\, co
 untry and bluegrass\, captivating listeners from the Jazz and Heritage Fes
 tival in New Orleans\, to Carnegie Hall\, then all the way across the pond
  to Richard Thompson’s Meltdown Festival in England.Their most recent al
 bum and the 25th in their 45-year career\,  was titled “From Bamako to C
 arencro\,” alluding the cultural and migratory connection between Bamako
 \, in Mali\, West Africa\, and Louisiana (symbolized in name by the Lafaye
 tte\, LA suburb of Carencro)\, a connection that draws a sonic bloodline b
 ack to BeauSoleil’s roots. Since becoming the first Cajun band to win a 
 GRAMMY with “L’amour Ou La Folie” (their Traditional Folk Album – 
 1998) and then a second Grammy in 2010\, “Live at the New Orleans Jazz &
 amp\;amp\; Heritage Festival”\, BeauSoleil has garnered many accolades\,
  including twelve GRAMMY nominations. They are regular guests on Garrison 
 Keillor’s NPR show A Prairie Home Companion\, where Keillor has dubbed t
 hem as “the best Cajun band in the world\,” and their music is so inte
 gral to the Cajun culture that they have been featured on the New Orleans
 –based hit HBO program “Treme”. Critics unanimously agree that it is
  “bon temps\, every time they play\,” (New York Times).In addition to 
 their show\, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet created their own Christmas pe
 rformance\, “14 Cajun Christmas”.  A detour from the routine path of h
 oliday musical fare\, “14 Cajun Christmas” presents his beloved ensemb
 le performing selections from their rich catalog alongside Bayou flavored 
 versions of classic holiday tunes. Expect both the familiar and some surpr
 ises for a ”cool-yule” of an evening!Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!\nT
 ickets: https://ironhorse.org/shows\nFull listing: https://paradisecitymus
 ic.org/show/54
LOCATION:Iron Horse Music Hall\, 18 Center St.\, Northampton\, MA
URL:https://paradisecitymusic.org/show/54
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