BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
Cajun
BeauSoleil translates as "beautiful sunshine." It's also the name of an 18th century Acadian rebel leader, BeauSoleil Broussard, after whom Michael Doucet, founder, fiddler and passionate vocalist for the band, named the group.
Louisiana's Cajuns descend from the French-speaking Acadians who settled in Nova Scotia in 1604, only to be uprooted in 1755 when English soldiers seized their community, splitting up families and forcing the French colonists onto ships sailing south. Although the survivors were scattered, many made their way to the protective isolation of the bayous and prairies of southwest Louisiana. For over 20 years the group has been following the same winning recipe: start with traditional ingredients - waltzes and two-steps, soulful Cajun French lyrics, hot fiddle licks, and irresistible accordion - and then spice them up with blues, ballads, medieval French dance tunes, New Orleans R&B and earlier Cajun forms. In the process BeauSoleil has become America's premier Cajun band and the leading ambassador of Cajun music around the world. As Rolling Stone put it, they are "the best damn dance band you'll ever hear." BeauSoleil has 21 recording projects to its credit, including award-winning movie soundtracks, and garnered six Grammy nominations before winning Grammy gold in 1997 for Best Traditional Folk Album. The latest disk, Cajunization, rockets Cajun music into the 21st century with an eclectic mix of Doucet's finest songs yet, performed with ferocious virtuosity by the group that A Prairie Home Companion's Garrison Keillor calls "the best Cajun band in the world."

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