One thousand five hundred miles northeast of Lafayette is one of the nation’s newest Cajun and zydeco festivals. The Bayou Boogie, three days of dancing and camping in the rolling Connecticut hills, ...

The "Lâche Pas" program, now part of the core curriculum, connects students with Cajun traditions through the music of their ancestors. ERATH, KATC — In the heart of Vermilion Parish, something ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Hundreds of people came out to enjoy the Cajun bands and danced along to the tunes of the 38th annual Cajun Music and Food Festival. Chloe Craner says she is the youngest ...

When artist Megan Barra first started attending what is now Acadiana's largest Cajun and Creole music festival, she was just a kid from Lafayette who was a fan of Cajun music. In 1976, Barra's first ...

The late Clifton Chenier, Zydeco pioneer known for his Creole-inspired sound rooted in blues, Cajun and R&B, is being bolstered by the music community on his 100th birthday. To mark the occasion and ...

The CBS News show “60 Minutes” recently proclaimed Jourdan Thibodeaux “Cajun music’s equivalent of a rock star,” saying he has become “something of a global ambassador for Cajun country and its way of ...

It’s the self-proclaimed Crawfish Capital of the World, which is a big claim coming from a small town in Louisiana. Breaux ...

Jennings, LA - The historic Strand Theater in Jennings will host Louisiana's premier Cajun fiddle competition on November 1, featuring multiple age categories and $3,400 in prize money. The 9th Annual ...

Seventy-three years ago today, Hank Williams was atop multiple country charts with a song that became an international favorite.

I’ll never forget the Facebook message from David Faulk last January. It was one of those late-night surprises that I looked at three times to make sure I was reading it right. Cajun music legend ...

When Council for the Development of French in Louisiana Chairman James Domengeaux and a group of academics, activists and musicians decided to throw a concert celebrating Cajun music and culture in ...

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 ...