Bilingual Soul Queen Sarah Dugas brings down the house. Her soulful, passionate voice rises from a whisper to a bellow, and then returns to a smooth tempo over and over again on her band the Duhks latest album, “Fast-Paced World.”

The Duhks will play the Melting Point tonight.

“This is her coming out party,” Ryan Baker, publicity coordinator for Sugar Hill Records said. “She has this phenomenal voice and energy that makes the stage come alive.” With her big stage presence, Dugas is taking her Canadian newgrass band with her.

This is not to say the Duhks aren’t big news themselves. Before the addition of Sarah and her brother Christian, drummer for the band, the Duhks took a Grammy nomination for “Migrations” (2006) and a Juno award in Canada.

The band is known for its Celtic roots, Scotch Irish reels and Middle Eastern polyrhythmic drumming. Sarah Dugas, who sings in French and Portugese as well, brings a heat to the fiddling and banjos. Christian Dugas adds an Afro-Cuban inspired drumming style. The other band members are fiddler Tania Elizabeth, guitarist Jordan McConnell, and banjo player Leonard Podolak.

“They have this eclectic, international influence apart from other bluegrass bands,” publicist Donica Christensen said. “They keep things concise even while they’re improving live.”

The Duhks have been on a rigorous touring schedule, with stops in Alaska, Vermont and California. Each show is played at a smaller venue to give the show a powerful connection to the audience. The band is conscientiously environmental, touring in a bio-fuel powered van, eating locally at each stop, wearing only recycled or organic clothings and products.

“The Athens community looks forward to having them back, from two years ago when they were last here,” Shelly Wright, the Melting Point director of special events, said. “They were really well-received then, and we expect a big turnout.”

The rock meets folk meets blues band should put on, if nothing else, an interesting show.