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JP Beausoleil

Embarrass, MN

Biography

JP Beausoleil, the “Bohemian Songster”, plays a wide variety of traditionallybased music that includes, but is not limited to: Delta, Piedmont, and countryblues, mountain music, acapella work songs and ballads, early jazz and swing,as well as a handful of original music. Accompanying himself on banjo, acoustic,and steel guitars, Beausoleil’s music stems from years of “easy living and hardtraveling” as he puts it. JP’s music defies ones typical expectations of a soloacoustic act. Beausoleil ta...

JP Beausoleil, the “Bohemian Songster”, plays a wide variety of traditionallybased music that includes, but is not limited to: Delta, Piedmont, and countryblues, mountain music, acapella work songs and ballads, early jazz and swing,as well as a handful of original music. Accompanying himself on banjo, acoustic,and steel guitars, Beausoleil’s music stems from years of “easy living and hardtraveling” as he puts it. JP’s music defies ones typical expectations of a soloacoustic act. Beausoleil takes this music and redefines it by swallowing it wholeand infusing his soul into it, which ensures his audience is emotionallycaptivated and leaves fully satisfied.A self-taught musician, Beausoleil grew up in a household that praisedtraditional acoustic music, and, his style bears the influence of years spentlistening to the old time music. His influences also include Doc Watson, LouisJordan, Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, HankWilliams, and the New Lost City Ramblers to name a few. JP has performedpublicly since 1996 either solo or with a variety of like-minded musicians,including the jug band The Wild Whiskey Boys. After relocating to Arizona in1999, Beausoleil held multiple regular shows in Flagstaff, AZ and the northernArizona region, including weekly shows at Mogollon Brewery, Bigfoot BBQ, andUptown Billiards as well as performing annually at a variety of folk festivalsaround the Southwest. JP has opened and shared the stage with some of theSouthwest’s finest musicians. Beausoleil recently finished his "Duck Out OfWater" tour which took him from his AZ home, through the southwest, into theDeep South, up the East Coast, through New England, and back through themid-west. JP now resides in his native Rhode Island.JP Beausoleil has a mission in his music. In his own words: “I am looking to bringpeople the same joy and emotions I get from playing music; I want them to feeldeep down in their souls what I sing and why I sing it. I want them to forget theirtroubles for a while and leave the show knowing everything is going to be allright. Music has this ability, and I intend to show them this.”

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