The annual Musical Louisiana concert, hosted by the Historic New Orleans Collection and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, will highlight the works for 19th century Creole composers, like Edmond Dede, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

When "60 Minutes" came to the Lafayette area last fall to film a segment on Cajun and zydeco music, they were confronted with the energy of a thriving cultural scene. CBS correspondent Jon Wertheim ...

Festival International de Louisiane has released the music lineup for the 2026 edition of the festival.

It’s the kind of music industry story that dates back to the earliest days of regional rock ‘n roll — but with a twist. In the early ‘90s, aspiring Cajun roots-rock musician Tab Benoit signed his ...

Louisiana Music & Heritage Experience has secured a Sodexo Deal as questions remain about funding and the site location.

"Keep taking deep breaths," I kept telling myself. "It’ll slow my heart rate." Usually interviewing musicians on stage is as easy as eating cake and ice cream. But this interview was with Irma freakin ...

I sound like a broken record, but Louisiana music should have its own category in the Grammys. I’ve talked about this long shot for a long time. I know a Grammy category dedicated to one state would ...