At the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest, thousands of people pack into tents for smoked meat, music and a good time. But for nearly 20 years, one tent has ...

ZACHARY, LA, UNITED STATES, March 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Nurturing Louisiana’s Youngest Learners by Empowering ...

New Orleans singer-songwriter Robin Barnes is currently putting the last touches to her first solo full-length album, ...

A five-day itinerary through southern Louisiana threads across Cajun Country — a world of shadowy swamps, gothic beauty and ...

In Louisiana, tourism is treated as an unquestioned good — a self-evident engine of prosperity. The pitch is familiar: billions in economic impact, hundreds of thousands of jobs created or supported, ...

Michael Arnone's 33rd Crawfish Fest will bring the best of this new Season to the Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, NJ May 29--31st, 2026. This isn't just a festival -- it's a ...

The South Regional Library in Lafayette hosted a lively celebration of South Louisiana Creole culture. The event featured Zydeco IzReal & Friends, who performed a ...

The Zydeco last played at the Raising Canes River Center on Jan. 3, a home loss to the Athens Rock Lobsters 5-1. The Zydeco ...

C.J. Chenier, who plays a bling-encrusted squeezebox, is laughing all the way to the bank. The man works: He has 18 gigs this month, in an arc from Texas to Minnesota to Rhode Island, including a stop ...

Zydeco music, deeply rooted in Black and Creole culture, thrives today through artists like CJ Chenier, who honor its rich heritage and inspire new generations.

"A tree can't have branches if it don't have a trunk. It's got to have roots to grow and Clifton Chenier was the roots of the ...

CJ Chenier, son of Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, known as the "King of Zydeco", is among those keeping the genre alive and well in Texas, Louisiana and beyond.