BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, the most widely traveled and famous Cajun-French band, has launched its final tour. However absolute that sounds, the celebratory trek isn’t BeauSoleil’s last hurrah.

BRECKENRIDGE – BeauSoleil has not only preserved, but also revived the rich Cajun musical tradition. The authentic, Louisiana-based band has secured its position as the most popular Cajun group by ...

Their music has been called Cajun, Acadian, Zydeco and French dance music. Whatever the label, Michael Doucet and BeauSoleil proved Thursday night that their 50 years of performing and recording lived ...

Here's a test: Ask someone to describe Cajun music. Can they do it? It's a hard style to define, probably because it encompasses and transcends so many genres. It's is an amalgamation of several ...

BeauSoleil, the Grammy-winning Cajun band, returns to Baton Rouge on Saturday for another of the group’s holiday season concerts at the Manship Theatre. But BeauSoleil singer-fiddler Michael Doucet ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Formed in 1975, the ...

The 30-year anniversary of BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet unfortunately coincided with the devastation of a large chunk of their home state, ravaged by hurricane Katrina. So the world's foremost ...

Michael Doucet paused when he recalled performing at CSPS in Cedar Rapids with his band BeauSoleil shortly after the historic Floods of 2008 devastated Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. 'I remember being up ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- For more than 30 years, BeauSoleil has been spreading the joy of Cajun music.Since forming and recording its first album in 1976, the six-piece group from Lafayette, La., has been at ...

In 18 years of full-time touring, the members of BeauSoleil have visited all 50 states and many foreign countries. But in 2004, they still encountered new sights and experiences. For the first time, ...

The new Cajun/Zydeco Grammy category has some resonance for Michael Doucet, frontman of the 30-year-old band BeauSoleil, which a decade ago became the first Cajun outfit — and the only one until the ...