Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet
Release Date: 25 March 2013
Label: Compass
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 766397459127
Genres: World Music North America
Description
BeauSoleil is the most well-known band performing music derived from the Cajunculture of Louisiana. With flavors of jazz, blues and rock and roll, the band's cross genre appeal and instrumental prowess have earned them fans across the roots music world. Their debut album for Compass Records - "From Bamako To Carencro" - takes its name from the cultural connection between Bamako, in Mali, West Africa, and Louisiana, symbolized in name by the Lafayette, LA suburb of Carencro. Featured on the album are band members Michael Doucet (fiddle and lead vocals), David Doucet (guitar and vocals), Billy Ware (percussion) and Tommy Alissi (drums) and Mitchell Reed (bass and fiddle). Guests Jessie Lége (button accordion), Cory Ledet (piano accordion), and special guest, multi-instrumentalist Don Vappe (acoustic bass, electric bass, electric guitar, mandolin) round out the mix.
The new album includes the celebrated Cajun/Creole-rooted music the band is known for, but also includes some notable jazz, blues and R&B elements. Standout tracks include the Roswell Rudd composition "Bamako", a haunting and hypnotic Michael Doucet original entitled "Carenco", a Cajun swing version of Coltrane's "Bessie's Blues" and a surprising cover of James Brown's "I'll Go Crazy". "Port Arthur Two-Step" features a duet between Michael Doucet and brother David Doucet, and band bassist and 2nd fiddler Mitchell Reed contributes the infectious "Creole Jig". The album was recorded at the legendary Dockside Studios in Maurice, LA and mixed at Compass Sound Studio in Nashville, TN.
Tracklisting
John McEuen
Altan
Missy Raines
Kelly Hunt
No Depression Journal
No Depression Journal
No Depression
Leftover Salmon
Tuff Crew
Chuck D
Times Beach
Ice T
Pops Smash
Mike Flips & Nord1kone & Seize
Alrick Bainton
Nym Lo & Static Selektah
