Great Lakes Folk Festival -2013

The three members of Les Bassettes (a Cajun-French term for petite females, pronounced lay bah-seht) come from different musical backgrounds, and met by way of the vibrant music and dance scene in Lafayette, Louisiana. Megan Brown, Heather Mullin and Kelli Jones were drawn together... Read More →

Megan Brown is originally from Tepetate, Louisiana,  and grew up to the sound of Cajun music at her grandparents' Cajun restaurant. It was at the Davis and Elkins' Augusta Heritage week for Cajun and Creole culture, where she taught Cajun dancing with her mother, that she took to... Read More →

Kelli Jones (fiddle, vocals) has been playing fiddle since the age of 15, and began playing old time music in her home state of North Carolina. The daughter of old-time fiddler, Carl Jones, who toured regularly with Norman and Nancy Blake, Kelli moved to Lafayette, Louisiana in 2006... Read More →

Heather Mullen (accordion, fiddle, vocals) learned to play violin through the Suzuki method as a child, and grew up as part of the New England contra dance and folk scene near Boston, where she developed a desire to play fiddle. Her parents were active in local folk dancing, so Heather... Read More →