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We are live with BeauSoleil, the venerable Cajun roots, folk and modernist band, looking back and ahead after fifty years. Brothers Michael and David Doucet were joined by Michael’s son Matthew, also a fiddler and a fiddle maker. I asked David Doucet what’s it like being in a band with his brother Michael.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of Forever Chemicals, News of A.I., News of Smart World, News of Bees, News of the Atom, and The Apologies of the Week. He also pays tribute to musicians Sergio Mendes and James Darren, then remembers the tragedy of Grenfell Tower, which finally received an official report after taking place more than seven years ago.

In Lafayette, our guests Cedric Watson and the late Chris Stafford have worked to preserve the Cajun and Creole culture by playing the music. Cedric Watson, a fiddler and accordionist who grew up in San Felipe, TX, taught himself the Creole language spoken by some of his elders. Cedric eventually moved to Lafayette where he became involved with several great bands, from the Pine Leaf Boys to his own group, Bijou Creole. Also in Bijou Creole was Chris Stafford, a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and researcher, known for co-founding the band Feufollet when he was only eleven years old. Unfortunately, Chris was killed in a car crash in Lafayette, Louisiana, in May 2024. We’ll soon hear a bit of Chris and Cedric’s duo set live, but first, I asked the two of them about how playing traditional French music as a duo is different than in a full band. Cedric Watson:

This week Continuum concludes their celebration of the acclaimed early music ensemble Sequentia.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of the Godly, News of the Atom, The Apologies of the Week, and News of Crypto-Winter. We also get to hear from author Gary Marcus, who joins the program to discuss artificial intelligence and his new book, Taming Silicon Valley.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear why residents of St. Charles Parish are raising concerns over a proposed ammonia plant. We also hear from the state’s leading OB-GYN on the state of women’s health care, and get the numbers on undocumented workers paying taxes in Louisiana.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll talk with the director and star of a new documentary about New Orleans’ oldest Black carnival krewe. We’ll also hear about the day women stormed a bar for equal drinking rights and catch up on this week in politics.

The 2024 Summer Olympic Games are officially underway. Athletes from more than 200 countries are gathered in Paris, looking to bring home the gold in everything from archery to water polo. On this week’s show, we raise a glass to international camaraderie by sampling spirits from across the globe.

This week's Continuum program is based on the names of the four CDs featured on the program, all beginning with "La."

We got the beat on American Routes, from second line rhythms and tap dance in the street, to funk in the studio and the cowbell on the concert stage. Rhythm is something we all have: the heartbeat, body percussion, finger poppin’. Back down home here, we asked pianist Tom McDermott to demonstrate Latin rhythms in the piano music of New Orleans.