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Cajunize: 50 Years of BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
In February, the world’s most famous Cajun band celebrated its 50th anniversary year with two nights of concerts. The Grammy-winning BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet invited a stage full of friends and collaborators to the hometown party at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette. Guests included Sonny Landreth, Don Vappie, Dickie Landry, Steve Conn, Tiff Lamson, Annick Colbert, Gary Newman, Chad Viator and former BeauSoleil members Tommy Alesi and Jimmy Breaux.
A Joyous Celebration: Michael Doucet avec Lâcher Prise let things happen organically
Side projects involving your favorite musicians are often intriguing and a growth experience for the musician and attentive listener. BeauSoleil’s fiddling front man Michael Doucet is certainly no stranger to side projects.
Michael Doucet and Tom Rigney, Roll On (Parhelion Records)
For several years running, Bay Area fiddler Tom Rigney would coordinate a handful of gigs with BeauSoleil’s Michael Doucet, supported by Rigney’s band Flambeau.
Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet undergoes hip surgery in Alaska after falling on ice
Michael Doucet, the lead musician in the Cajun band Beausoleil, underwent emergency surgery after slipping on ice and fracturing his hip while on tour in Fairbanks, Alaska. Beausoleil had finished […]
Michael Doucet avec Lâcher Prise, Lâcher Prise (Compass Records)
BeauSoleil’s fiddlin’ frontman Michael Doucet admits he’s at the point in his life where he can do whatever the hell he wants, hence Lâcher Prise, an intriguing solo project with […]
Michael Doucet with Sarah Quintana pursues a new direction with Lâcher Prise
It happened on Mardi Gras Day 2018. That’s when Michael Doucet, singer and fiddler in the Grammy-winning Cajun band BeauSoleil, met New Orleans singer-guitarist Sarah Quintana. Living in the French […]
Michael Doucet debuts new band, Lâcher Prise, with “Water Water”
The Grammy-winning Michael Doucet, known for the Cajun sound he joyfully shares with the world through his long-term band, BeauSoleil, is now shaking it up with a new band and […]
Michael Doucet and Tom Rigney, Cajun Fandango (Parhelion Records)
Epic jam sessions between BeauSoleil’s Michael Doucet and Flambeau’s Tom Rigney eventually materialized into this fiery twin fiddle record for the rest of world to hear. Doucet brought several Cajun […]
Rewind: BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Gitane Cajun (Vanguard Records)
Michael Doucet hits REWIND to talk about one of his favorite records, 2004’s Gitane Cajun, its three co-producers, Doucet, brother David Doucet and pianist David Egan, and their eclectic song […]
Exclusive Video: BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet on Louisiana Jukebox
Check out BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet performing “Varise” on Louisiana Jukebox.
