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, ...
Along with Jason Frey in Lagniappe, Travis Matte was an integral part of the outstanding À la Vieille Manière album that notched several CFMA Awards in 2001. That was Matte’s last totally trad Cajun ...
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 ...
(AP) Members of the Cajun band T’Monde are young, but they like their music old. The band of 20-somethings opened the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Friday with century-old, fiddle-heavy Cajun ...
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 ...
When traditional Cajun and Creole musicians take to the stage, one mark of their genius is how easy they make it look. Whether they are wielding an accordion, a fiddle, or some other folk instrument, ...
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 ...
Musicians — who depend on live audiences as much as they do — have been especially hard hit by the pandemic. Perhaps nowhere has this been felt more acutely than in South Louisiana, where music lies ...
(KLFY)– Well-known Cajun musician and songwriter Johnny Sonnier, also known as the “The Chere Alice Man”, was hospitalized after an accident May 24, and now, he’s in need of help during his recovery ...