The festival featured several live musical acts, an auction, and some of Southwest Louisiana’s best Cajun food.

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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 ...

Grammy-award winning Cajun fiddler Louis Michot is headed to New Orleans for a solo performance. The member of the Lost Bayou Ramblers will combine his love of Louisiana French music with new boundary ...

Grammy-winning country and Cajun singer/accordion player Jo-El Sonnier died Saturday, January 13, after suffering a heart attack following a performance at the Llano Country Opry show in Llano, Texas.

An impassioned ambassador for Cajun music and culture, fiddler and singer Dewey Balfa (1927-1992) was a driving force in the revival of traditional Cajun music. Raised 125 miles northwest of the great ...

Doug Kershaw’s autobiographical “Louisiana Man” was a career-defining Top 10 hit that’s since become an Americana standard. Credit: Creative Commons / David Simpson cajunzydecophotos Legendary Cajun ...

Songwriter, vocalist and guitarist D.L. Menard, a Louisiana music icon, has died. His 1962 song "La Porte d'en arrière" ("The Back Door") was one of the most popular — and most-covered — Cajun tunes ...

Cameron Dupuy & the Cajun Troubadours arrived at their first Grammy nomination via Bourbon Street and an airport concourse. Fronted by father and son duo Michael and Cameron Dupuy — Michael sings and ...

She and her husband, Joe, recorded the first commercial recording of Cajun music ever made, giving voice to French-speaking Louisiana. By William Grimes This article is part of Overlooked, a series of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 photo, Doug Kershaw performs on the first day of the 22nd Louisiana Swamp Festival at the Audubon ...