When traditional Cajun and Creole musicians take to the stage, one mark of their genius is how easy they make it look. Whether they are wielding an accordion, a fiddle, or some other folk instrument, ...
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 ...
LAFAYETTE, La. (WAFB) - Students at one Louisiana university are able to study Cajun fiddle, the accordion, and even learn how to sing Cajun French songs, and get a degree in it. It’s called ...
DUMMERSTON — Louisiana takes on Vermont this Saturday, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the 2nd Annual Cajun Festival at Kampfires Campground, Inn and Entertainment. Three live bands take the stage at an all ...
For more than 40 years, BeauSoleil bandleader Michael Doucet has been carrying on a musical tradition that once was in danger of extinction. When he started studying and playing Cajun music in the ...
The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band has been playing together since 1977. The band includes husband and wife Marc and Ann Savoy, on accordion and guitar respectively, and Michael Doucet of Beausoleil on ...
Michael Doucet and his band, BeauSoleil, serve up traditional Cajun music but look to spice it with new elements. The echo of his own Acadian past has always figured prominently in Michael Doucet's ...
After the sweltering heat and occasional storms of the summer, fall in Lafayette brings milder temperatures and sunny skies ...
Despite the “nouveau” in its name, Nouveaux Cajun Xpress has years of bandstand experience. Most of the Cajun music-rooted group spent more than decade with Rodney Thibodeaux and Tout Les Soir. In ...