LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Cajun music sings in the hearts of many in Southwest Louisiana and seven people were inducted into the Cajun French Music Hall of Fame Sunday. The morning was filled with ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Keeping French music and culture alive one step at a time – that’s exactly what Miss Cajun Music 2023, Summer Parker Blanchard, is teaching 13-year-old Phoenix Sims, Junior ...

A five-day itinerary through southern Louisiana threads across Cajun Country — a world of shadowy swamps, gothic beauty and ...

The Cajun French Music Association held their monthly Le Jam at West Baton Rouge Museum on Sunday in Port Allen. Le Jam is held every third Sunday of the month and features live music and welcomes ...

SHEFFIELD — According to Michael Doucet, Cajun music comes from a great many people and places — at its heart, an oral tradition of a stubborn French diaspora met with African, Native American and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music, ...

Lafayette-based alternative band Phantum Sun will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Blue Moon Saloon, Lafayette. Sharing the bill are Double Knockout, Sick at Heart and Elle H and the Untitled. Cover ...

Marc Savoy is a Louisiana legend not only in Eunice but around the world. He has dedicated his life to preserving the Cajun culture through making instruments, holding jam sessions and maintaining a ...

Jourdan Thibodeaux, who has been hailed as the future of Cajun music, will perform today and Saturday at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. Courtesy photo The CBS News show “60 Minutes” recently ...

Inspiration for songs can come from the most unlikely places. Even a routine band practice can spark an award-winning tune. Just ask Cajun accordionist Don Fontenot. “My guitar player, Karl Deshotels, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — D.L. Menard, whose song "The Back Door" is among the most popular in Cajun music, is dead at the age of 85. Menard died Thursday at his home in Scott, Louisiana, Louisiana Funeral ...