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Thu Dec 31
10 pm
BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet at Evanston SPACE
Formed by Michael Doucet, a fiddler and singer immersed in Cajun music’s past and present, BeauSoleil is like a Cajun history lesson—only, you know, fun, what with its exuberant fiddle and accordion duels. Over the course of 20-plus albums in the past three decades, the band has blended other forms into the tradition, from Appalachian fingerpicking to Tex-Mex to New Orleans second-line jazz. The band won a Grammy in 2009 for the concert album Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and it’s touring now behind the new studio disc Alligator Purse, featuring guest work from Natalie Merchant and The Band’s Garth Hudson.
Evanston SPACE 1245 Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Formed by Michael Doucet, a fiddler and singer immersed in Cajun music’s past and present, BeauSoleil is like a Cajun history lesson—only, you know, fun, what with its exuberant fiddle and accordion duels. Over the course of 20-plus albums in the past three decades, the band has blended other forms into the tradition, from Appalachian fingerpicking to Tex-Mex to New Orleans second-line jazz. The band won a Grammy in 2009 for the concert album Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and it’s touring now behind the new studio disc Alligator Purse, featuring guest work from Natalie Merchant and The Band’s Garth Hudson.
Updated 11/02/2010
