Sauce Piquante

Cajun-Creole band Sauce Piquante plays Southwest Louisiana dance music – waltzes, two-steps and an occasional shuffle – all of it drawn from the traditional repertoire and all of it sung in French. They strive to appeal to contemporary dancers while honoring the spirit of the past, playing music to move the heart as well as the feet. Inspired by the late accordionist Danny Poullard (who suggested the band’s name, a spicy Louisiana stew), Sauce Piquante is accordionist-singer Blair Kilpatrick (who started the band in 1999), fiddler Steve Tabak, guitarist-singer Robert Richard, bassist-singer Kathy “KP” Price and drummer Kathy Dodge. The band released its debut CD in 2003, “Sauce Piquante Live...Vieux Temps Passé.”