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 ...

Cajun artist Zachary Richard has been writing, singing and working in French for over 50 years now. For him, the language is more than a way to celebrate southwest Louisiana's unique culture — it's a ...

The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band has been playing together since 1977. The band includes husband and wife Marc and Ann Savoy, on accordion and guitar respectively, and Michael Doucet of Beausoleil on ...

This week on American Routes Shortcuts, we revisit a 2002 conversation with the band Feufollet. Multi-instrumentalist Chris Stafford passed away in May 2024. He was 36. On the Cajun side of French ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Chez La Fete and Parc Putnam, Lafayette, 11:30 a.m. LIVE MUSIC: Cane River Pecan Company Pie Bar, New Iberia, 5 p.m. BURRIS: Adopted Dog Brewing, Lafayette, 6 p.m. JACK WOODSON: Charley G's Seafood ...