Sat, Feb 27, 2016, 8:00pm

BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet

  • Sat, Feb 27, 2016, 8:00pm
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Sat, Feb 27, 2016, 8:00pm

BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet

This season we are pleased to welcome back BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, a group of artists who are thought of as family here at The American Theatre. Since forming in 1975, Grammy winners BeauSoleil have claimed their undisputed role as the most esteemed Cajun group in music. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet take the rich Cajun traditions of Louisiana and artfully blend elements of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues and more into a satisfying musical recipe. From The Grand Ole Opry to Newport Folk, from concert hall to dance floor, the music of BeauSoleil continues to captivate audiences the world over. They are regular guests on Garrison Keillor’s National Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion.

For their first studio release in four years, and the 25th in their 39-year career, BeauSoleil teamed up with Nashville based roots music label Compass Records. “We’ve recorded a lot of albums, yet we always seem to come up with new songs saying things that haven’t been said,” comments bandleader Michael Doucet. The band named their 2013 album From Bamako to Carencro, a title that alludes to the cultural and migratory connection between Bamako, in Mali, West Africa, and Louisiana, a connection that draws a sonic bloodline back to BeauSoleil’s roots. 

Event Dates

Saturday, Feb 27, 2016 • 8:00pm