Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael Doucet

Executive Director, Office of the CISO at Optiv, Michael Doucet is today's guest on the Cyber Security Matters podcast, hosted by Dominic Vogel and Christian Redshaw. Michael is an experienced leader with a background in public safety and technology. At Optiv Michael provides strategic advice to the executive level on cyber programs, technology, and risk mitigation, with an emphasis on large organizations in various sectors. In addition to working at Optiv, Michael serves as a director on various boards, including the Ottawa Police Services Board, a large federal crown corporation, and smaller technology startups. Optiv Security is a cyber advisory and solutions leader, delivering strategic and technical expertise to nearly 6,000 companies across every major industry. Optiv Security partners with organizations to advise, deploy and operate cybersecurity programs from strategy and managed security services to risk, integration, and technology solutions. With clients at the center of their unmatched ecosystem of people, products, partners, and programs, they accelerate business progress as no other company can. In this episode, we will cover: - What kind of cyber threats organizations are facing in 2022 - How to rationalize cyber security at the executive and board levels - Why it's important for cyber security, IT, and executive leadership to work together - How cyber risk fits into the bigger enterprise risk picture Click here to watch the full episode: https://loom.ly/V6l0hzQ Want to connect with Michael? Here are a couple of ways that you can do exactly that: LinkedIn: @MichaelDoucet Website: www.optiv.com

In an epic edition of Film Soceyology, Matthew Socey interviews local filmmaker Delores Thornton (Ida Mae 2), dips into the archives with musician Michael Doucet about Louisiana films, reviews Cyrano and then Grab a pencil...

453. Part 2 of our interview with Sue Lincoln. Sue is a veteran and widely-respected reporter who has been covering Louisiana politics for nearly three decades. Originally from Long Beach, California, Sue's career in journalism began on the radio in Los Angeles. After moving to Louisiana, Sue earned her bachelor's degree. For ten years, from 2000-2010, she was the Assistant News Director at Louisiana Network. Sue also worked as the education reporter for Louisiana Public Broadcasting and has contributed to various state publications as a freelance journalist. But she is perhaps best known as the voice of the popular politics Capitol Access. This week in Louisiana history. January 22, 1731 King Louis XV takes back colony from Company of the Indies. This week in New Orleans history. The Liberty ship Warren Stone was lauched at Delta Shipbuilding Company on January 22, 1944. This week in Louisiana. Top Restaurants and Culinary Experiences in Ruston Ruston is part of the Delta Delights Culinary Trail in northern Louisiana where sweet peaches are queen and a bustling college town offers delicious dining. Beau Vines Steakhouse Beau Vines is a fine dining steak house offering premiere cut steaks over an open fire grill. RAW This contemporary sushi restaurant serves up unique sushi rolls and combination make with the freshest ingredients. Sundown Tavern Sundown Tavern is known for its eclectic decorations and relaxed atmosphere. Mitcham Farms Peach Store Even if you've only ever heard of Ruston, there's a good chance you already know about its peaches. Mitcham Farms Peach Store, has Ruston tradition running through it. Not only can you stop in for the sweetest peaches in Louisiana, but also peach ice cream, fudge, and countless other peach treats and products. Log Cabin Grill & Market Log Cabin Mesquite Grill offers some of the best mesquite grilled meats in all of Louisiana. Portico Bar & Grill Portico's large menu truly has something for everyone – from flavorful Honey Sriracha Shrimp Tacos and Caribbean maxi to comforting Southern-style Bone-in Pork Chop and Chicken Fried Steak. Utility Brewing Co. At Utility Brewing Co., you'll get the best of both worlds – beer and pizza! Postcards from Louisiana. BeauSoleis & Michael Doucet.Listen on iTunes.Listen on Google Play.Listen on Google Podcasts.Listen on Spotify.Listen on Stitcher.Listen on TuneIn.The Louisiana Anthology Home Page.Like us on Facebook. 

To spice things up in the North Country, Beau Soleil avec Michael Doucet will be performing at the Norwood-Norfolk auditorium. Jody Tosti caught up with the two-time Grammy winner to talk about his long history of making Cajun music with his Louisiana band.

The Pogues "The Body Of An American"Joe Strummer with The Pogues "If I Should Fall From Grace With God"Sister Rosetta Tharpe & The Sammy Price Trio "Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air"Lightning Hopkins "Walking Blues"ZZ Top "Brown Sugar"Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys "Bring It On Down to My House, Honey"Valerie June "Call Me A Fool"Marty Robbins "Singing the Blues"James McMurtry "Copper Canteen"Joan Shelley "Jenny Come In"Elvis Costello & The Attractions "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea"The Yardbirds "The Train Kept A-Rollin'"The Yardbirds "Think About It"Sugar Britches "The Worst"Stack Waddy "Repossession Boogie"Bobby Rush "Sue"Howlin' Wolf "Little Red Rooster"Maria Muldaur With Bonnie Raitt "My Journey To The Sky"Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra "Shout Sister Shout"Elvis Presley "Little Sister"The Dubliners/The Pogues "Irish Rover"Bob Dylan "Baby,Let Me Follow You Down"Various Artists "The Game"Lefty Frizzell "Cigarettes and Coffee Blues"Johnny Cash "Wayfaring Stranger"Songs: Ohia "Didn't It Rain"Oscar "Papa" Celestin "Jambalaya"Michael Doucet "Acadian Blues"Drunken Catfish Ramblers "Long Tall Disconnected Mama"New Orleans Nightcrawlers "Funky Liza"Hank Williams "Why Don't You Love Me"Steve Earle "Johnny Come Lately"The Pogues "Down All the Days"Lightnin Hopkins "Lonesome Dog Blues"Rory Block "Stand By Me"Charley Pride "Walkin'"Valerie June "Twined & Twisted"Various Artists "Tribulations"Lucero "Back in Ohio"Tom Waits "Big Joe And Phantom 309 [Live Album Version]"Lightnin' Hopkins "Penitentiary Blues"The Pogues "The Broad Majestic Shannon"

Matthew Socey has an epic chat with musician Michael Doucet (of BeauSoleil fame) about his solo album and a number of films that have been shot in the state of Louisiana. Then grab a pencil...

Matthew Socey has an epic chat with musician Michael Doucet (of BeauSoleil fame) about his solo album and a number of films that have been shot in the state of Louisiana. Then grab a pencil...

Let’s go down to Louisiana bayou country. **** Cajun music, a unique style of music associated with Louisiana played, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based zydeco music, both of Acadian origin. These French Louisiana sounds have influenced American popular music for many decades, especially country music, and have influenced pop culture through mass media, such as television commercials. **** From the 60s onward, there has been a Cajun "renaissance”. The Cajun "renaissance" incorporates more modern elements of folk, blues, jazz and swamp pop, and bluegrass styles. Pioneers such as BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet, Zachary Richard, Jambalaya Cajun Band, Bruce Daigrepont broke new ground, while other musicians brought high energy to older, more traditional forms. **** Join the conversation on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008232395712 **** or by email at: dannymemorylane@gmail.com **** You’ll hear: 1) Down At The Twist And Shout by Mary Chapin Carpenter w/BeauSoleil 2) El Sid O's Zydeco Boogaloo by Nathan (Williams) & The Zydeco Cha Chas 3) My Nanette by Zachary Richard 4) Give Him Cornbread by Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers 5) Man Smart (Woman Smarter) by C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band 6) Tasso/McGee's Reel by BeauSoleil 7) Sweet Joline by Wayne Toups & Zydecajun 8) Acadie À La Louisiane (Acadia To Louisiana) by Bruce Daigrepont 9) Brother John by Wild Tchoupitoulas 10) Jole Blon (Pretty Blonde) by Gary 'U.S.' Bonds & Bruce Springsteen 11) La Crève De Faim (aka The Starvation 2-Step) by Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys 12) On A Night Like This by Buckwheat Zydeco 13) Mama's Cooking by Marcia Ball 14) Toot-Toot by Rockin' Dopsie 15) High Point Two-Step by The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 16) Tipitina by Dr. John 17) Mamou Two-Step by Aldus Roger 18) Pere et Garson Zydeco by John & Geno Delafose 19) Jolie Louise by Daniel Lanois 20) Cajun Girl by Little Feat 21) Zack's Zydeco by Zachary Richard 22) Dimanche apres-midi by Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin' 23) Jambalaya by Doug Kershaw 24) It's All Right by Fernest And The Thunders 25) Party by The Wild Magnolias 26) Choo Choo Ch'Boogie by Clifton Chenier 27) Big Mamou by Hank Williams Jr. 28) Zing, Zing by Art Neville 29) You Used To Call Me by Lawrence "Black" Ardoin & His French Band 30) Going Back to Big Mamou by Wayne Toups & Zydecajun 31) Le Chanky-Chank Francais by BeauSoleil 32) Marie, Marie by Buckwheat Zydeco 33) Red Beans by Professor Longhair 34) Take Me Away by Zachary Richard 35) Iko Iko (released as Jockomo) by Sugarboy Crawford & His Cane Cutters 36) Two Steppin’ The Two Step by Rockin' Sidney 37) Jolie Blonde by The Balfa Brothers

Remember back in the BC (Before Covid) days when we had a music business? In this edition of Out to Lunch we look back on this conversation originally recorded in 2018. In Acadiana there are a lot of things that differentiate us from the rest of the country. The biggest of all of them is music. You can live in Kansas and learn to make a gumbo. You can live in California and row a pirogue. But there's no way in the wide world that you can convincingly play Jolie Blond on the accordion or Bosco Stomp on the fiddle, unless you're born and raised here. Typically, in a Western capitalist economy, a rare resource is worth a lot of money. However, when it comes to our treasured musicians, we tend to under value them. Most Cajun and Zydeco musicians are working a second job to subsidize their music career. Wilson Savoy plays in the Grammy Award winning band Courtbouillon, and crowd favorite Pineleaf Boys. He's also a carpenter, building and renovating homes. Danny Devillier is a musician. And he's come up with a new angle on a traditional way musicians often subsidize their careers: giving music lessons. Danny is a drummer. He plays in the Grammy nominated band Bonsoir Catin, and he's played with everybody who's anybody in Cajun and Zydeco from Michael Doucet to Roddie Romero. But Danny doesn't just give drum lessons. He teaches people to play all kinds of instruments, including guitar and fiddle, at his music school, The Music Room, in Lafayette. Photos over lunch at Cafe Vermilionville  by Lucius A Fontenot are at our website. Hear Wilson's mom, Ann Savoy on Out to Lunch, and brother Joel too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 116: Fiddler, songwriter, singer, bandleader and folk music scholar Michael Doucet is synonymous with Beausoleil the neo-traditional Louisiana band he co-founded 40+ years ago. But this artist relishes collaborations and his upcoming album with a new band, L'acher Prise on Compass Records, is a real Americana hybrid. It's Cajun at its core, but full of ideas from four other musicians a generation younger than he is. We talk about one of the legendary careers in roots music, dedicated to rediscovery and reclaiming of a marginalized culture that made Louisiana the special place that it is. Also, the legacy and music of Warren Storm, with musician, author and record producer Yvette Landry. 

In part two of The Music History Project's series on banjos, we listen to a bit of the history of banjo players. Join Dan, Mike and Michelle as they welcome back The Museum of Making Music's Bill Kilpatrick and hear from some of the banjo greats including: Sonny Osbourne; Michael Doucet; JD Crowe; Pete Seeger and Earl Scruggs.

Our guest today is with a childhood best friend who has spent his life growing in music and sharing his story through song. We dive deep into the music industry and where it is headed. Michael shares his story of growing up with music in his family and what it is like to make it in the industry.

David and Michael Doucet sharing a message on Love and how it is the greatest commandent that God has made to us and if we can fill our hearts with love.... we will begin to experience all that God has for us....Enjoy and God Bless.

David Armstrong and Michael Doucet spending a morning talking about Jesus ...enjoying coffee ... Its always enjoyable fellowshipping with friends hungry for Jesus.... Enjoy...Have an amazing day...

In Acadiana there are a lot of things that differentiate us from the rest of the country. The biggest of all of them is music. You can live in Kansas and learn to make a gumbo. You can live in California and row a pirogue. But there's no way in the wide world that you can convincingly play Jolie Blond on the accordion or Bosco Stomp on the fiddle, unless you're born and raised here. Typically, in a Western capitalist economy, a rare resource is worth a lot of money. However, when it comes to our treasured musicians, we tend to under value them. Most Cajun and Zydeco musicians are working a second job to subsidize their music career. Wilson Savoy plays in the Grammy Award winning band Courtbouillon, and crowd favorite Pineleaf Boys. He's also a carpenter, building and renovating homes. Danny Devillier is a musician. And he's come up with a new angle on a traditional way musicians often subsidize their careers: giving music lessons. Danny is a drummer. He plays in the Grammy nominated band Bonsoir Catin, and he's played with everybody who's anybody in Cajun and Zydeco from Michael Doucet to Roddie Romero. But Danny doesn't just give drum lessons. He teaches people to play all kinds of instruments, including guitar and fiddle, at his music school, The Music Room, in Lafayette. Photos over lunch at Cafe Vermilionville by Lucius A Fontenot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The spirit is alive in the Windy City Irish Radio studio as Christmas time is here! This week the boys fully immerse themselves in holiday music and pay a little tribute to old St. Nick. With songs and tunes from Eileen Ivers, Altan, The Gothard Sisters, Cajun country's Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, Natalie MacMaster and family Cherish the Ladies, and a brand new track from Irish hit makers, Delorentos, Tim turns the radio studio into his own personal dance studio. With more from Meath's Lisa Hannigan, Ashley Davis and John Doyle, Anton glackin with Alexandra Sykes, local boys The Avondale Ramblers, Larry Kirwan and the late great John Lennon there is plenty to get one and all in the Christmas mood. Join us every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240 AM as we deck the halls to Christmas and catch this week's holiday podcast herehttp://www.windycityirishradio.com/podcast.html

Let the holiday music commence! It’s the most magical time of the year…and we are feeling the holiday magic in Confetti Park! I hope you enjoy the culture I’m sharing from Louisiana, the Mississippi Delta, and beyond. The Confetti Park radio show is a weekly 30-minute program that streams online and airs in cities across the United States, made available for free to all community radio stations on the Pacifica Network. We’re going to enjoy the music of the season all this month on every episode. There will be Christmas carols, Hanukkah songs of light, and children’s favorites all month long here in Confetti Park, as well as sweet stories to make you smile. Thanks for joining me, your host, Katy Hobgood Ray! Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Fats Domino Joke of the Day – Snow Bank Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) – Elvis Presley Christmas in Tennessee – Amy Grant and Kid Pan Alley Christmas in New Orleans – Louis Armstrong It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Michael Doucet Blue Christmas – Linnzi Zaorkski Mele Kalikimaka – Debbie Davis & Matt Perrine All about the music On this episode, Snow Bank, we start off with the delightful Fats Domino, singing about everyone’s favorite reindeer. The we hear from the one and only Elvis Presley, singing “Here Comes Santa Claus.” I bet kids of all ages, even young ones today know that voice… Now, while I still call New Orleans home, I recently took a wonderful job at St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s where Elvis lived and first recorded! So let’s hear another song from the Volunteer State… enjoy Amy Grant and Kid Pan Alley with “Christmas in Tennessee,” followed by the great jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong with “Christmas in New Orleans.” How fun to compare the lyrics! They both begin with verses about the distinctive trees of the regions. Christmas in Tennessee The leaves are changing colors, they’re falling off the trees I know it won’t be long now till it’s Christmas in Tennessee.  I hope somewhere that Santa Claus is thinking about you and me.  He’s gonna bring us lots of toys when it’s Christmas in Tennessee. Christmas in New Orleans Magnolia trees at night, Sparkling bright,  Fields of cotton look wintery white  When it’s Christmas time in New Orleans A barefoot choir in prayer fills the air,  Mississippi folks are gathering there,  ‘Cuz it’s Christmas time in New Orleans. Next we hear from the marvelous Cajun musician Michael Doucet with “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, followed by a jazzy version of “Blue Christmas” by Louisiana chanteuse Linnzi Zaorkski (who was raised in Alexandria and Shreveport and now calls Bush, Louisiana home). Last we hear a Hawaiian Christmas song, “Mele Kalikimaka,” performed by singer Debbie Davis & sousaphonist Matt Perrine, a married couple who are busy musicians in New Orleans (as are their musical kids). Also featured in this episode are two delighted holiday stories. One is a fun little tale from Justin Wilson, an old Cajun cook from Roseland, with “Santa Claus and the Mouse.” And we hear “The Kitty at the Manger” told by Mary Jean Chester of Des Allemands, Louisiana. The Confetti Park radio show and podcast is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation and Music Rising at Tulane University. Thanks for listening. Remember to look for the magic in every day!

It's time to step it up in the Windy City Irish Radio studios as WGN Radio personality and good friend of the show, Brian Noonan, pays the guys a visit to discuss a myriad of topics. Whether it is their collective love of the Crescent City, reminiscing about this past weekend's Irish American Hall of Fame or tales from his life in radio, Brian fits in quite well and without even saying it convinces the lads that they should not quit their day jobs. Tune in for brand new music from mutual friend Michael McDermott and tunes from New Orleans legends Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, birthday boy Willie Nelson with The Chieftains, The Saw Doctors, our pal Seán Cleland with Sones de México, and New York rockers Paddy A Go Go with Chris Byrne, Pat McGuire and Eileen Ivers. There's also music from Galway's Salsa-Trad sensation Baile An Salsa in Concert before their big gig at Irish American Heritage Center this Saturday night (tickets still available!!) Many thanks, Brian, for joining us! Tune in each and every Wednesday to WSBC 1240 AM from 8PM - 9PM and catch this week's podcast right here at www.windycityirishradio.com.

This week, distinguished traditional Louisiana Cajun music connoisseurs The Savoy Family Cajun Band recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with renowned fiddler Joel Savoy. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark originals Ervin & Lily Freeze performing the song “Let Those Brown Eyes Smile at Me.” Author, folklorist, and songwriter Charley Sandage presents a portrait of Blanchard Springs National Park, featuring an interview with long time U.S. Forest Service visitor information specialist Tony Guinn. The Savoy Family Cajun Band consists of father Marc, mother Ann, and brothers Joel & Wilson Savoy. Marc Savoy was born and raised in the small Cajun prairie town of Eunice, Louisiana. Drawing inspiration from 'bals de maison' (house dances) in his father's outdoor kitchen, Savoy obtained his first accordion and began playing it at the age of 12. Playing the instrument led to repairing it and after disassembling enough accordions he began to build them. Playing the accordion has always been a natural part of his life from the dancehall to the home. The musicians with whom he has played Cajun music read like a who’s who of the finest in Cajun music, from the Balfa Brothers, DL Menard, Doc Guidry to early fiddle masters Dennis McGee and Wade Fruge. Ann Allen Savoy is a musician, photographer, record producer, and writer.  Her destiny was sealed when she began to listen to rare collections of Cajun 78’s. She met her future husband, acclaimed accordion builder/musician Marc Savoy, and after their marriage she began documenting the Cajun culture, taking photographs, interviewing important musicians, and transcribing the Cajun French songs. Her documentation ultimately became a book, Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People Volume 1, which won the prestigious Botkin book award from the American Folklore Society. An avid photographer since high school, her photos have been exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and at the Festival of American Music in Eugene, Oregon. Joel Savoy is one of the most requested fiddlers in SW Louisiana today. Joel grew up in Eunice, Louisiana, literally at the feet of Cajun heros like Dennis McGee, Dewey Balfa, Michael Doucet, and Wade Frugé. In 2006 Joel founded Valcour Records. He’s worked and played with Linda Ronstadt,T-Bone Burnett, Steve Buckingham, Allison Krauss, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Miller, Tim O’Brien, Darol Angor and many more. Joel also builds accordions with his father, makes electric guitars and hi-end tube amps and studio gear, and is an excellent recording engineer. Wilson Savoy, the youngest son of Marc and Ann, has made music since before he could walk. He began playing boogie-woogie and blues piano, inspired by Louisiana native Jerry Lee Lewis, at the age of 10. Wilson took up the accordion after graduating from high school. His major influences are his father, Amede Ardoin, and Iry Lejeune. Besides being a musician he is an avid filmmaker, and has produced films of many of the finest bands in SW Louisiana. (www.almenafilms.com) When he isn’t making and producing music videos and short biographies he is traveling with his three times Grammy nominated dynamic young band, the Pine Leaf Boys. - http://www.savoyfamilycajunband.com/index.html In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark originals Ervin & Lily Freeze performing the song “Let Those Brown Eyes Smile at Me,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. Author, folklorist, and songwriter Charley Sandage presents an historical portrait of the people, events, and indomitable spirit of Ozark culture that resulted in the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and its enduring legacy of music and craft. This episode brings us a portrait of Blanchard Springs National Park, featuring an interview with long time U.S. Forest Service visitor information specialist Tony Guinn.

Show #665 (out of order... you know why) 11.06.16 Mix of Old & New Tunes The Jimmys - Lonesome Whistle Blues from Live From Transylvania at Sighisoara Blues Festival 2016 (7:41) Frank Bang & The Cook County Kings - Possum in My Tree from The Blues Don't Care 2016 (6:09) Trudy Lynn - Honky Tonk Song from I'll Sing The Blues For You (4:27) TimBastmeyer MaltedMilk from MaltedMilk 2016(4:02) Bessie Smith - Safety Mama [1931] from St. Louis Blues 2005 (3:24) John Mayall - I Need Your Love from Live At Klooks Kleek 1965 (4:33) Big Joe Turner - Good Morning Blues from Turns On The Blues 1970 (4:09) Ferre Grignard - She's Gone from Ring Ring I've Got To Sing 1968 (4:26) Eddie Turner - Blues Fall Down Like Rain from Naked ... In Your Face 2016 (7:54) Lee Delray - Blues Came Callin' from Brand New Man 2016 (6:46) The Smoke Wagon Blues Band - Directly Under Her Thumb from Cigar Store 2016 (2:44) Smoky Greenwell - Walking With Mr Lee from South Louisiana Blues 2016 (2:38) Billy Pierce - Red Dog Saloon (feat. Michael Doucet) from Shapes of Soul 2016 (3:57) Cuby and The Blizzards - Help Me from Appleknockers Flophouse 1969 (5:34) Canned Heat - Help Me from Canned Heat 1967 (3:06) The Aces - Blues For Marcelle [1973] from Chicago Beat 2002 (5:17) Little Charlie And Organ Grinder Swing - Gerontology from Skronky Tonk 2016 (3:35) Gonzalo Bergara - No More from Zalo's Blues 2016 (3:01) Mitch Kashmar - Don't Stay Out All Night from West Coast Toast 2016 (3:38) Mick Kolassa - My Hurry Done Broke from Taylor Made Blues 2016 (3:46) Bob Lanza - Time To Let Go from Time To Let Go 2016 (3:26) Big Bill Broonzy - Stump Blues [1958] from Black, Brown and White 1991 (3:00) Alexis Korner's Blues Inc. - Sail On [1958] from Easy Rider 2011 (2:53) Dr. Feelgood - I Thought I had It Made from Be Seeing You 1977 (2:13) Cornelis Vreeswijk - Jantjes Blues from Cornelis Vreeswijk 1972 (3:19) Inventionis Mater - Echidna's Arf of You from Zapping 2016 (4:00)

Whether you say Laissez les bons temps rouler or Lig na hamanna maithe dul aghaigh, the good times really are rolling as Carnival comes to the Windy City Irish Radio​ studios. Tune in for a tuneful bacchanalia connecting the green fields of Ireland to the bayou swamps of the Crescent City. It's our annual extended 90 minute lagniappe celebrating the rich musical kinship between the Irish and the city of New Orleans proving once again that Guinness does indeed go well with Gumbo! You'll hear music from ANÚNA​ with Hozier​, a twofer from Cajun-Irish fiddle player Dennis McGee​ and More Power To Your Elbow​, the Godfather of Zydeco Music, Clifton Chenier​, Scythian​, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet​ with Sharon Shannon​, Professor Longhair​, Irish rockers The Coronas​, County Down man Harry Connick, Jr.​, Acadian Canadians Ten Strings And A Goat Skin​, former NOLA chantuesse Tara O'Grady Music​, Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers​, Satchmo himself, Louis Armstrong​, Zydeco Party Band​, Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones​. Lost Bayou Ramblers​, Shawn Mullins​, Funky Meters​ and the late great Allen Toussaint​. Et tua!!! WHO DAT? Windy City Irish Radio, dat who! Join Mike and Tim each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm CST on Windy City Irish Radio 1240AM Chicago and you can find out more about Windy City Irish Radio at www.windycityirishradio.com.

Carnival comes to the Windy City Irish Radio studios as Mike and Tim "Laissez les bons temps rouler" in a tuneful bacchanalia connecting the green fields of Ireland to the bayou swamps of the Crescent City. Tune in for lagniappe and a 90 minute EXTENDED PODCAST celebrating the rich musical kinship between the Irish and the denizens of the city of New Orleans and proving that Guinness does indeed go well with Gumbo! Over 90 minutes, you'll hear from the Godfather of Zydeco Music, Clifton Chenier, Scythian, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, Flogging Molly, Eileen Ivers, Beth Patterson & Patrick O'Flaherty, Wayne Toups, Zachary Richard- Official Tara O'Grady Music Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers, Anders Osborne Hothouse Flowers, Pete Fountain, Satchmo himself, Louis Armstrong, The King, Creole in this case, ELVIS PRESLEY and more. Et tua!!! WHO DAT? Windy City Irish Radio, dat who! Join Mike and Tim each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm CST on Windy City Irish Radio 1240AM Chicago and 1470AM Chicago Heights and you can find more information at www.windycityirishradio.com. Contact Tim or Mike at tim.taylor@windycityirishradio.com or mike.shevlin@windycityirishradio.com.

Let's hear a Ho! Ho! Ho! and off we go as Mike and Tim discuss the legend of St. Nicholas (or Daidí na Nollag or Father Christmas or Santa Claus) and his Irish "roots" in honor of his feast day! Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio as the boys officially kick off the Christmas season with tunes of the yuletide season from the likes of The Saw Doctors, Bing Crosby, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, Larry Kirwan, Ashley Davis, The Irish Rovers, Ashley MacIsaac, Wild Colonial Bhoys, WALLIS BIRD Official Page, The Henry Girls and so much more. Join Mike Shevlin and Tim Taylor live each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm on WSBC 1240AM Chicago and WCFJ 1470AM Chicago Heights for the best in Irish music, culture, books, theater and craic. For more information on Windy City Irish Radio you can contact us on our newly refurbished website at www.windycityirishradio.com or via e-mail at mike.shevlin@windycityirishradio.com or tim.taylor@windycityirishradio.com. Join Mike and Tim live each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm on 1240AM WSBC Chicago and 1470AM WCFJ Chicago Heights. You can learn all about the great hosts on their website at www.windycityirishradio.com and you can contact Tim and Mike at tim.taylor@windycityirishradio.com or mike.shevlin@windycityirishradio.com.

"Laissez les bons temps rouler" or "Lig na hamanna maithe dul aghaigh"! However you like to say it, it's Marti Gras Time, Irish-style. Traditional Irish Music and Cajun Music both have roots in the Celtic nations of Ireland and the Brittany region of France. New Orleans, as the second largest port of immigration in the U.S., has a deep rich Irish history from the Irish Channel neighborhood to Pat O'Brien's! Join Mike Shevlin and Tim Taylor tonight for their Irish Mardi Gras with music from Beausoliel to Elvis Costello and from Michael Doucet to Nathalie McMaster. Listen live on WSBC 1240AM Chicago and WCFJ 1470AM Chicago Heights. A special 90-minute podcast to follow right after the show. Send requests or dedications to tim.taylor@windycityirishradio.com and find out more at www.windycityirishradio.com.

The Zydeco/Cajun GRAMMY nominated artists talk about their music on their road to a GRAMMY. We're following Cedric Watson on his road to the GRAMMY Awards, but along the way we also hooked up with all of the zydeco/cajun category GRAMMY nominees including Buckwheat Zydeco, Michael Doucet, the Magnolia Sisters and a little Pine Leaf boys thrown in there too! Find out what the artists have to say about why they play and why they stay in Louisiana.

BEAUSOLEIL bring their Grammy winning Cajun music to WoodSongs for a Special Event Broadcast. Since forming in 1975, BeauSoleil claimed their undisputed role as the most esteemed Cajun group in music. The band takes the rich Cajun traditions of Louisiana and artfully blend elements of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues and more into a satisfying musical recipe. From The Grand Ole Opry to Newport Folk, from concert hall to dance floor, the music of BeauSoleil continues to captivate audiences the world over. Yet, it all begins with the preservation of a sacred culture, the lifelong calling of fiddling frontman Michael Doucet. Their latest release and Yep Roc label debut Alligator Purse is not only a vibrant testament to BeauSoleil's healthy spirit but is easily their most adventuresome record yet.,

Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, who will embark on their 20th touring year together in 2007 are best summed up in the words of Mike Russell, who wrote in The Glasgow Herald "They are simply the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear" The Savoy Doucet Cajun Band Marc and Ann Savoy, along with Michael Doucet create and interpret authentic old-time Cajun music, from popular dancehall tunes to soulful ballads, drawing upon each member's rich historical connection to their native southern Louisiana. Catching this expert, unpretentious trio is about the closest most of us will ever get to hearing an authentic Cajun bash on a screened-in bayou porch. Bengan Janson & Bjorn Stabi Bjorn Stabi is without doubt a legend among folk music fiddlers in Sweden and was probably the first traditional Swedish fiddler to perform in the United States. Bengan Janson is one of Sweden's greatest virtuosi on the accordion. With his evident ability to to embrace all musical styles he has collaborated with Björn Ståbi over the last ten years together developing a genuine folk music style of their own.

Louisiana-based Cajun music has roots in unaccompanied, narrative ballads brought by European settlers. Sung at weddings and funerals as well as informal parties, these ballads told stories of love and death, humor and nostalgia. Cajun songs, traditionally sung in French, fused narrative balladry, Irish and Anglo-American reels and jigs, and Black and Native American folk traditions. The earliest instrument that typified Cajun music was the fiddle. In dance halls and house parties called fais-do-dos, two fiddlers performed together-the lead playing melody, the other playing back-up. The powerful accordion sound soon joined the twin fiddles along with percussion inspired by Creole music. In the 1930s and 1940s, steel guitars, mandolins, and banjos entered the scene, bringing a country-western swing to Cajun music. (This strong country influence differentiates Cajun music from the closely aligned zydeco music.) The Cajun bands of today are incorporating electric guitars and amplified instruments, proving that the Cajun sound is continuing to evolve.

Louisiana-based Cajun music has roots in unaccompanied, narrative ballads brought by European settlers. Sung at weddings and funerals as well as informal parties, these ballads told stories of love and death, humor and nostalgia. Cajun songs, traditionally sung in French, fused narrative balladry, Irish and Anglo-American reels and jigs, and Black and Native American folk traditions. The earliest instrument that typified Cajun music was the fiddle. In dance halls and house parties called fais-do-dos, two fiddlers performed together-the lead playing melody, the other playing back-up. The powerful accordion sound soon joined the twin fiddles along with percussion inspired by Creole music. In the 1930s and 1940s, steel guitars, mandolins, and banjos entered the scene, bringing a country-western swing to Cajun music. (This strong country influence differentiates Cajun music from the closely aligned zydeco music.) The Cajun bands of today are incorporating electric guitars and amplified instruments, proving that the Cajun sound is continuing to evolve.