cajun music

It was a rough start to the month of April for Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet of the Grammy Award-winning band BeauSoleil after he slipped and broke his hip while the group was touring in Alaska.

We took to social media to find out how folks in the epicenter of the Cajun Heartland would finish this sentence, "You Know it's Lafayette When...".

I even found a couple of "Cajun" movies that are...pretty odd but entertaining in unintentional, and hilarious ways.

Remember that early 2000s Rom-Com "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days"? What if it were set in Acadiana?

Benny Grunch performs a fun, and unfortunately, a truthful song about not being able to find a place for 'relief' on Mardi Gras day.

To embrace Louisiana's musical future students will need to learn from the past. A new curriculum will make that possible.

Festivals Acadiens et Creoles, this weekend in Lafayette, La.

Aspiring Cajun musicians can hone their skills and learn to play in a band setting at this three day camp in October.

I attended the SOLO songwriters festival recently and was blown away by the talent in attendance.

Watch the Muppets perform Horace Trahan's "Mr. Bernard".

For the past 25 years, the PE Department at Fatima has made sure their students learn the value of family, and a little cajun two steppin'!

The Lost Bayou Ramblers are bringing their first Grammy back to Louisiana.

Entry proceeds will go to the Louisiana Folk Roots Kids Camp Scholarship Fund. Warehouse 535 will be the location for the event on Sunday, December 3 at 2 PM.

There was one particular spot in the broadcast that has people in Acadiana talking the most.

We stopped our resident Cajun musician and DJ, Camey Doucet, and asked him to share his memories of the song.

Mr. Menard's family will receive visitors beginning on Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Family Life Church, 2223 Dulles Drive in Lafayette from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Born in Erath in 1932, Mr. D. L. started playing guitar at 16, and by 17 he was playing in dance halls across Acadiana.

D.L. Menard's "The Back Door" turned 55 this year. But there are five things you probably don't know about the most popular and recognizable Cajun song ever.

Tuesday November 17th, while sitting at my desk in my office, commonly refereed to as Graceland due to all the Elvis memorabilia, in walks a true Swamp Pop superstar known as the 'Cajun Gentleman'.

When Johnny Chauvin and the Mojo Band play a gig, they load up their ice chest with the good stuff!