Along with Jason Frey in Lagniappe, Travis Matte was an integral part of the outstanding À la Vieille Manière album that notched several CFMA Awards in 2001. That was Matte’s last totally trad Cajun ...

EVANGELINE PARISH — "It is a unique festival, we celebrate our traditional Cajun music,” says volunteer TJ Landreneau—and the memories are everywhere you look. Preparations are underway for this ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Hundreds of people came out to enjoy the Cajun bands and danced along to the tunes of the 38th annual Cajun Music and Food Festival. Chloe Craner says she is the youngest ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs will be bringing the Cajun French music and culture to the 40th Festival International de Louisiane. Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs ...

PORT NECHES, Texas — As the United States Semiquincentennial approaches, communities across Southeast Texas are reflecting on the traditions that help define American identity — including the enduring ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - All day Saturday, Southwest Louisiana let the good time roll at the annual Cajun Music and Food Festival. “It started as a small organization here in Lake Charles and it’s ...

SHEFFIELD — According to Michael Doucet, Cajun music comes from a great many people and places — at its heart, an oral tradition of a stubborn French diaspora met with African, Native American and ...

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 ...

When most people picture Mardi Gras, they think of parades, beads, and Louisiana's Most Famed Street, a vibrant adult playground of unique entertainment. In rural Louisiana, however, smaller cities ...