Tigertail will present the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band in an all-acoustic concert at the Colony Theatre, as part of Tigertail’s month-long FLA-FRA Florida France festival. The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band continues a Cajun French tradition of Acadian music as genuine as can be found in the 21st century. Marc Savoy (accordion, vocals), wife Ann Savoy (guitar, frequent lead vocals), and Michael Doucet of BeauSoleil (fiddle, vocals) comprise the trio, which has been performing and recording together since 1977. They bring the raw energy of the dancehalls of southwest Louisiana to the stage, peppered with humorous and informative anecdotes about life on the Louisiana prairies.
Savoy-Doucet has recorded five CDs on the Arhoolie label. They have traveled all over the world, appearing in many prestigious venues, including the Newport Folk Festival, the Berlin Jazz Festival, the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes at the Smithsonian Institution, the National Geographic Concert Series and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, England. The United States Department of State has taken them on numerous tours, featured them in national festivals, and awarded Marc Savoy the National Heritage Fellowship Award – the highest honor in the country for traditional artists. Michael Doucet was awarded a Grammy for his work with his other band, Beausoleil. Ann Savoy was awarded the Botkin Book Award for her definitive book on the history of Cajun music, and she recently appeared as a musician in the film Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood.
Each member of the band can play numerous instruments and they sometimes trade instruments during stage performances. Early French ballads are added to the program to show other historic elements prevalent in early southwest Louisiana. Between the songs, the Cajun French poetry of the songs is often briefly translated by Ann so that the feeling can be better understood. Their repertoire is chosen carefully – popular dancehall tunes interspersed with soulful ballads, fiddle or vocal duets, or blues. The songs show the spectrum of Cajun life from sorrow and lost love to nonsense and the joy of dance.
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Rd
Miami Beach, FL, 33139
305.434.7091
www.colonytheatremiamibeach.com
www.tigertail.org
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