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.

While most clubs are dark on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New York’s famed Arthur’s Tavern will host live music both days. At 3pm this afternoon, the Eri Yamamoto Duo will perform and at 7pm The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zydeco, a music genre created by the Black Creole community, has flourished in Southwest Louisiana and beyond, inspiring musicans ...

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival will close out its 2025 summer season with a performance by Trinidad-born trumpeter Etienne Charles and his Creole Soul band at 7 p.m. Aug. 21 Fenimore Farm and ...

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band returns to the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre for A Creole Christmas. The band performs New Orleans classics as well as some holiday selections with a twist. Throughout ...

The ensemble will perform a program that includes New Orleans jazz repertoire alongside holiday works arranged in the group’s distinctive Creole sound. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, known for its ...

Dennis Stroughmatt, of Creole Stomp, is a fortunate man. He is blessed to make a living through both of his passions. As a lad, he aspired to teach history and is a late-bloomer French-speaking Creole ...

The Secret Six Jazz Band is at it again. Barely ten months after the release of their fourth album, Chicken You Can Roost Behind the Moon, clearly the most prolific neo-trad band in New Orleans is ...

Mardi Gras sounds and a party atmosphere will burst onto the stage Saturday at Theatre at the Center. Creole Stomp, a Louisiana-style band, brings its festive show to the Munster venue that evening ...

Trumpeter-percussionist Etienne Charles continues to demonstrate a great musical spirit. If you were to juxtapose each of his previous releases, their content would represent a kind of Caribbean sonic ...

Several restaurants in Tacoma are providing special Mardi Gras menus on Fat Tuesday, and other businesses are hosting parties to celebrate.