Beausoleil live in concert.
ON TOUR

Beausoleil

5
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

77
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Based on 
5
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Critic Consensus

Based on 5 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Beausoleil is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Beausoleil concert reviews describe live shows and performances as extraordinary and innovative.

ON TOUR

Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, United States (May 2);

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Latest Release

Evangeline Waltz (October 1, 2020)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Lafayette, United States (1975 - present) (1975 – present)
Bio
BeauSoleil is a musical group specializing in Cajun music. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, the group members are brothers Michael Doucet (fiddle, vocals) and David Doucet (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Breaux (accordion), Billy Ware (percussion), Tommy Alesi (percussion), and Al Tharp (bass, fiddle).
Has Performed With
Michael Doucet

Critic Concert Reviews

No Depression (USA)

May 26, 2015
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He'd pepper me with this query during that early AM time when you are trying to get those little things done log onto your computer, check your e-mail before the first sip of caffeine has started to work its magic.

The Guardian (UK)

June 17, 2010
80
%
Long before that Beausoleil were already creating out of Lafayette Louisiana what Doucet prefers to call French music or at a push swamp pop".

The Musical Box (USA)

April 28, 2009
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In essence, it was born out of the forced migration of French speaking settlers from Canadian regions in and around present day Nova Scotia to Southern Louisiana in the mid 18th century.

No Depression (USA)

January 22, 2009
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There are a lot of reasons for that, but probably chief among them is the fact that the staff of the venue respects the music and the artists who make it.

The Austin Chronicle (USA)

September 21, 2007
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Their extraordinary musicianship combined with an ability to spice their traditional sound with other forms of music make for an innovative and rare combination.

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