In Southern Louisiana, French Canadian migrants settled and intermingled with the existing community to create a unique ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (WAFB) - I first heard the young Cajun band Feufollet 12 years ago playing in Lafayette. Their lyrics were sung in French, but there was a youthful energy and a new twist on a familiar ...

They say every day is Mardi Gras inside the 106-year-old building in the Elizabeth neighborhood that houses the Cajun Queen restaurant on 7th Street. Besides the Cajun and Creole dishes served daily, ...

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 week’s highlights include a homegrown rap star’s arena-size homecoming and a Cajun singer’s 40th anniversary milestone.

Jerry Devillier started playing the harmonica at just five years old and developed a love for the instrument at a young age. Le Musee in Iota honored Devillier for his many awards and volunteer work ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) - I’ve heard this style of music all over south Louisiana, from the bayous to the Cajun prairies. But this jam session is taking place on a front porch in a neighborhood known ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grammy Award-winning Cajun and country recording artist Jo-El Sonnier died Saturday at the age of 77 while on tour in Texas. The Louisiana legend had just completed a Saturday night show at the Llano ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Environmental portraits of Cajun musicians, often taken in their homes, usually showing them with their instruments, typically accordions, violins ...