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BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, From Bamako to Carencro (Compass Records)
After 37 years as globe-trotting Cajun ambassadors, there are not many unconquered frontiers left for BeauSoleil. Caribbean/world music has a strong presence here on its 25th album, though it’s not […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 26): Michael Doucet, Intercontinental Cajun
“When I was a teenager [sic] or college-age, there were maybe maybe five people my age playing this music,” say Cajun musician Michael Doucet, who, along with his band BeauSoleil, […]
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Alligator Purse (Yep Roc)
BeauSoleil has long been a band that can be taken for granted. To win Grammys, to become representative of a genre, and to become keepers of a cultural flame can […]
Michael Doucet, From Now On (Smithsonian Folkways)
Solo records from a band frontman are usually interesting propositions since they often have something to say beyond their normal band framework. Such was the case with BeauSoleil’s Michael Doucet’s […]
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Live in Louisiana (Way Down in Louisiana)
It’s hard to believe that 2006 marks BeauSoleil’s 30th year as worldwide ambassadors of Cajun music. What’s even harder to fathom is that out of their sizable discography, which encompasses […]
Nathan Williams, Michael Doucet and Dennis Paul Williams
Nathan Williams, Michael Doucet and Dennis Paul Williams El Sid O’s on a recent Monday afternooN Signs of a successful weekend are still scattered around Sid Williams’ Lafayette nightclub. […]
No Party Without Us: Big Chief Alfred Doucette Turns 75
Approaching 75 years old, the endlessly energetic Big Chief Alfred Doucette isn’t slowing down at all. For him, the party is just getting started. Twice inducted into the Mardi Gras […]
