Two hours west of New Orleans, the town of Opelousas is one of the best places to experience this irresistibly toe-tapping music genre created by Louisiana’s Black Creole community.

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 ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 18, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The idea that this country has become one big, bland, conformist culture, the United ...

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 ...

Louisiana has always been a state that dances to its own beat. That beat might be a jazz brunch in Lake Charles, Cajun dance at a traditional pig roast in Baton Rouge, or swamp pop blasting out a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Born in Church Point in 1929, Ellis Vanicor's Cajun sound would become indelibly linked with a little community smack in the middle of Jennings and Lake Charles — Lacassine. A self-taught fiddler, ...

Couples spin and turn, rocking back and forth, swinging apart and then dipping close. An accordion alternates its pumping pulse with a funky bass riff, forcing your shoulders to jump in time to the ...

NEW ORLEANS — 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 music, ...