Beausoleil News

Airshow Mastering-with locations in Boulder, Colo., Springfield, Va., and Takoma Park, Md.-announces that eight of its projects have received nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards.

There's no shortage of options this week of great live music. In fact, there's a straight up overabundance, so I'll give my regrets in advance if I cannot include everything, or if my editors need to do the same.

Grammy award-winning Cajun band BeauSoleil and folk singer/songwriter Iris DeMent share the Music Hall stage Friday in an evening steeped in the history of American music.

Cedar Rapids' pristine, intimate CSPS concert venue has hosted many extraordinary acts over the years, but on Friday night, they're presenting BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet in the kind of up-close-and-personal setting that the renowned Cajun megastars rarely even attempt to shoehorn themselves into anymore, and at a bargain price considerably less ...

The show starts at 5 p.m., but audience members should be in their seats by 4:45 p.m. Apparently Keillor and crew are latching onto the fact that Des Moines appears to be a French name, as they plan to bring 'a touch of French flavor to the Midwest.' Here's the description of the broadcast from the show's Web site: The grande rendezvous will ...

A fine Cajun stew is brewing on BeauSoleila s latest CD. Its title is a oeAlligator Purse,a but a oeJambalayaa seems more apropos for this spicy blend of French, Western and Caribbean traditions, with a hint of country, swing and New Orleans jazz.

The famed Cajun band Beausoleil with Michael Doucet will perform at the Barre Opera House on Nov.

Louisiana Creole and Cajun music has long had a home in the D.C. area. From the Smithsonian Folklife Festival , the Twist and Shout club and Wolf Trap's "Swamp Romp " to Texas Fred Carter ' s WPFW Saturday afternoon radio show and dances at Glen Echo Park , distinctive fiddle and accordion-led bayou sounds have always been on the area's musical ...

Musical virtuosity flows naturally with thinking outside the box for Fiddlers 4, the all-star American string quartet featuring veterans Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky and Michael Doucet on violins, with rising star Rushad Eggleston on cello.

Back in the '60s, Michael Doucet was playing in a rock band in Lafayette when he heard the great British folk rockers Fairport Convention play their arrangement of an ancient English ballad.

BeauSoleil will play at the Narrows Festival for the Arts Sunday in Fall River, as will several other performers.

Amanda Shaw, a 19-year-old New Orleans-based singer, songwriter, fiddler and actress, brings her band, the Cute Boys, to Kansas for a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday outside the Lied Center of Kansas in Lawrence.

Amanda Shaw, a 19-year-old New Orleans-based singer, songwriter, fiddler and actress, brings her band, the Cute Boys, to Kansas for a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday outside the Lied Center of Kansas in Lawrence.

Friday Beausoleil, the Grammy-winning, toe-tapping band from down Louisiana way, heads for the hills for an 8 p.m. Friday show at White Horse Black Mountain, 105 Montreat Road in Black Mountain.

From their roots in Louisiana's bayous to their award-winning excellence backing Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Down at the Twist and Shout," BeauSoleil is one of America's most versatile traditional treasures.

Friday Beausoleil, the Grammy-winning, toe-tapping band from down Louisiana way, heads for the hills for an 8 p.m. Friday show at White Horse Black Mountain, 105 Montreat Road in Black Mountain.

Loyola alumnus Woods Drinkwater wins Grammy. Woods Drinkwater, a 2007 graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Music and Fine Arts, recently received a Grammy Award for his engineering work on the album, "BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet: Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival." The album won a Grammy for Best Zydeco or Cajun ...

The Smithsonian is honoring the retiring director of the Folklife Festival with a special concert Saturday night featuring acoustic blues and Cajun music.

Many Rockbridge area performers consider Theater at Lime Kiln their home. On Saturday, June 27th and Sunday, June 28th, Lime Kiln hosts two events featuring artists who can make that claim.

Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots will play at the third annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, taking place June 13-14 at the historic French Market.