In 1965, Mick Jagger first saw zydeco legend Clifton Chenier perform, which left a lasting impression on the then 22-year-old singer. Zydeco was different from the Chicago and Delta Blues that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) —The origins of New Orleans’ most beloved organizations are storied. By the early 1900s, women from New Orleans ...

The term "creole" is one of those protean things whose meaning hinges on the context in which it is used. At the very least, it tends to suggest some degree of acculturation or multiple ethnic ...

The use of French and Creole in Louisiana has been on the decline for decades, although a number of initiatives and organizations are attempting to slow the slide and preserve the state’s unique ...

Scores of cultures developed along the banks of the Mississippi River. Dennis Stroughmatt learned appreciation of the fiddle in the historically French Creole community of Old Mines, near Ste.

The old Creole song “Chère, mo lemmé toi” is a sweet love song, if a little dramatic. In English, the tune’s first verse ends simply as the singer says, “With all my heart, I love you,” before the ...

This story by Sonia Narang originally appeared on PRI.org on July 24, 2017. It is republished here as part of a partnership between PRI and Global Voices. The Vancouver Jazz Festival recently drew ...

Chantal Grosléziat, illus. by Laurent Corvaisier. The Secret Mountain (IPG, dist.), $16.95 (64p) ISBN 978-2-923163-82-6 Thirty French Creole children’s songs, popular throughout the Caribbean, are ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (WAFB) - The unique language, music, and culture of Creole Louisiana is the focus of a museum in an area of Lafayette known as Freetown. Erica Fox is a musician and artist who helped ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) —The origins of New Orleans’ most beloved organizations are storied. By the early 1900s, women from New Orleans’ Red Light District, 7th Ward Creoles of color along with women of ...