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    Attention folkies: It's your weekend, time for Philly Folk Fest  Aug 15, 2008
    Among the top attractions at this year's edition of the festival are Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, The Felice Brothers, Great Big Sea, Kathy Mattea, Compadres (Oscar Lopez and James Keelaghan), The Lee Boys, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Jake Shimabukuro, Kimya Dawson, Stephen Kellogg ixers, Espers, Terrance Simien, Hoots outh, David Massengill, The Refugees, Vinx, The Strangelings, Tempest, Trout Fishing in America and Ryan Montbleau ... Sunday Evening BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Compadres... (The Delaware County Times, PA)

    Jamming around the world  Jul 18, 2008
    This year s headliner is BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, a group that deals in, as the back of its most recent live album reads, jigs, ballads, blues, two-steps, Baise-Bas, Reels and Zydeco ... She ll play immediately before BeauSoleil at 7 p.m.. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    Da Vinci Days turns 20 today  Jul 17, 2008
    8:30 to 10 p.m. Music by BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet. Saturday. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Parole Board Denies Ailing Manson Follower's Release Request  Jul 16, 2008
    Atkins also was convicted of killing Topanga musician Gary Hinman, as was Manson follower Robert Beausoleil. "To grant (Atkins') release would be an affront to the people of this state, the criminal justice system and the next of kin of many murder victims," Cooley wrote. (NBC4.tv, CA)

    Sulphur to hold sixth annual Heritage Days Festival  May 18, 2008
    Often considered the most esteemed group in Cajun music, BeauSoleil has won numerous honors for its good-time blend of Gulf Coast roots music, including a Grammy Award for the 1997 ... BeauSoleil commands the stage Saturday, May 24th, from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.. (Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA)

    Jazz Fest: Get into that New Orleans groove at home  May 2, 2008
    The leader of Cajun band BeauSoleil goes on a solo fiddling fandango that also finds him playing violin, guitar and banjo on 19 tracks exploring southern Louisiana sounds. Imagination Movers, Juice Box Heroes. (USA Today -- Life)

    New folks at Newportrock festival's traditions  Apr 17, 2008
    On Monday organizers of the Philadelphia Folk Festival, now in its 47th year, unveiled the lineup for this summer's event, which includes fringe singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson, psychedelic folk band Espers, and roots-rocker Steve Earle as well as heritage acts such as Tom Paxton and the Cajun dance band Beausoleil. The legacy artists at Newport are Levon Helm, longtime drummer for the influential rock outfit the Band, and Gillian Welch, an L.A.-bred musician who channels the sounds of Appalachia... (Boston Globe)

    Hurricane endangers Louisiana's musical heritage (1)  Feb 24, 2008
    You can add Wynton Marsalis and his brother Branford along with Harry Connick, Buckwheat Zydecdo, BeauSoleil, and the Neville Brothers. Alabama-born Hank Williams, Sr. gets honorary Louisiana status as he joined the "Louisiana Hayride" early in his career. (Waterloo Courier, IO)

    'A Prairie Home Companion' performers say they have the best gig in show business  Feb 24, 2008
    This week s musical guests are the Marcia Ball Band and BeauSoleil. More than 4 million listeners tune in each week to the popular radio show. (Winona Daily News, MN)

    Click for Full Story  Feb 14, 2008
    Cajun singer-musicianMichael Doucet (Beausoleil) is 57. Actor Ken Wahl is 51. (KWTX.com, TX)

    Ragin' Cajuns head for the Garde Arts Center  Feb 2, 2008
    By Johnette Rodriguez BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Photo by Rick Olivier). The subdudes and BeauSoleil have a lot in common geography, longevity and versatility ... BeauSoleil comes out of centuries-old traditions of Cajun music and the subdudes out of 20th century hard-hitting rock n roll. (Westerly Sun, RI)

    Review: '60s icons of Lazar's 'Sway' embody the energy of the era  Jan 13, 2008
    " Initially cast as Lucifer, Bobby Beausoleil was a charming, beautiful musician with whom the director soon became infatuated. When the young man departed for Los Angeles in the early stages of filming, Anger waited in vain for him to return. In "Sway," Anger tries to persuade Mick Jagger, fresh from recording "Sympathy for the Devil," to take the role; Anger eventually made the film with someone else altogether. Ever resourceful, Anger saved his footage of Beausoleil and used it in his... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Party til you puke  Dec 3, 2007
    Jared: "We really like Bobby Beausoleil. He was this budding musician and actor, and he appeared in loads of early Kenneth Anger movies like Lucifer Rising. He committed the first Manson murder. He's still in jail to this day.". Veni Vidi Vici is out Mon, the album Good Bad Not Evil is out now. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Grammy-winning Cajun band to perform at Clark Center  Sep 21, 2007
    BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet will perform Sept. 29 at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande ... The Clark Center for the Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande invites the public to celebrate New Orleans culture with BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet at 8 p.m. Sept. 29 ... BeauSoleil starts with traditional ingredients waltzes and two-steps, Cajun French lyrics, fiddle licks and accordion and then spices them up with blues, ballads, Medieval French dance tunes, New Orleans Rearlier... (Santa Maria Times)

    Reader's Alley  Sep 6, 2007
    Helena Independent Record. Helena Independent Record. (Helena Independent Record)

    Ray's on the River familiar below surface  Aug 30, 2007
    Raw oysters are sometimes misidentified by the servers, but they are cold and fresh nonetheless, one night a dozen Willapa Bays (a fat west coast oyster with mild brine); another night a half-dozen beausoleil, both served on ice with a pleasingly tart champagne mignonette and horseradish heavy cocktail sauce. Cocktail shrimp are colossal, pink, plump and perfect. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Summer concert series set to heat up Talkeetna  May 6, 2007
    That was the case with the Cajun group BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, which is playing the hangar on Aug. 19 ... The concert lineup as planned is Alpha Yaya Diallo afing Riders, June 3; Refugee All Stars June 17; John Damberg Latin Jazz Quintet, July 1; Rocco John Group, July 18; Robin Dale Ford itzgerald, Aug. 5, and BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Aug. 19. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)

    Moore Takes First in 100 and 200 Dashes  Mar 18, 2007
    05 36 Jason Beausoleil UMass Lowell 4:15. 63 37 Gerald Jones NC Central 4:15. (Charlotte49Ers.com)

    Thompson: In a low-wattage spotlight  Mar 9, 2007
    His recording partners have included Robert Plant, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, Bonnie Raitt, Crowded House, Maria McKee, Everything But the Girl, Beausoleil, John Cale, Henry Kaiser and North County's J.J. Cale. 2) In the 1980s, Thompson performed solo acoustic shows whenever he could at Leucadia's intimate Old Time Cafe, where he liked to try out new material. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Complete Results  Feb 12, 2007
    07 121 Beausoleil, Jason Umass Lowell 8:59. 35 122 Massachusetts 8:59. (Umassathletics.com)

    David O'Brien looks at left field  Jan 29, 2007
    latin - Ray Yslas on Roger Espinozas cafe fuego jazz - James Cobb zydeco Tommy Alesi of Beausoleil, and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood mac. By Ron Canada. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    Broida keeps the community together  Jan 19, 2007
    Guest stars have included BeauSoleil, Livingston Taylor, Richie Havens, Susan Werner, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Christine Lavin. "I've always considered the music the glue that brings people together," he said. (King of Prussia Courier, PA)



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