The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band has been playing together since 1977. The band includes husband and wife Marc and Ann Savoy, on ...
Cajun French is confined to a small region of Louisiana and has profoundly influenced many aspects of local culture, including food, music and heritage. However, the dialect is facing the threat of ...
In the heart of Cajun Country, where the crawfish reign supreme and accordions provide the soundtrack to everyday life, sits Breaux Bridge. A town so authentically Louisiana it might as well bleed ...
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 ...
Festivals Acadiens et Créoles celebrated its 51st year in Lafayette, Louisiana. The free, three-day event is the world's largest Cajun and Zydeco music celebration. This year's theme honored the ...
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 ...
Louisiana Cajun and roots band The Revelers made their musical intentions clear for their debut performance at this year’s Redwood Coast Music Festival. “Our goal is to be the ultimate Southwest ...
Jamey Bearb grew up with strict accordion rules. His dad, Cajun musician Ricky Bearb, demanded the accordion, handmade by pioneer builder Marc Savoy, sit a precise position in its storage box. Even ...
EVANGELINE PARISH — "It is a unique festival, we celebrate our traditional Cajun music,” says volunteer TJ Landreneau—and the memories are everywhere you look. Preparations are underway for this ...
Legendary Cajun fiddler and Cajun Music Hall of Fame inductee Ellis Vanicor, passed away Sunday, just two weeks after his 96th birthday. Vanicor began his musical career in the mid-1940s, joining the ...
The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music, often sung in French, is enjoying a renaissance. He stoked ‘deep state’ ...