Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks its 51st year Oct. 10-12 in Lafayette's Girard Park. The three-day event is celebration ...

Viral music sensation S. Dott talks 'Cowgirl Trailride' & 'Slow Wind' two songs tahtare talking over the HBCU world.

Ever heard of zydeco music? If not, you're missing out on amazing music and an important era in American music history.

ST. LANDRY PARISH — The sounds of washboards and accordions will once again fill Opelousas this weekend as the 43rd Annual Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival returns with a full lineup ...

One thousand five hundred miles northeast of Lafayette is one of the nation’s newest Cajun and zydeco festivals. The Bayou Boogie, three days of dancing and camping in the rolling Connecticut hills, ...

“I’m French, African, Spanish, Native American, German and Norwegian. That’s my DNA,” says Terrance Simien, who in 40 years of performing more than 8,500 live shows in more than 45 countries has ...

For everyone else, Aug. 30-31 is Labor Day weekend. For zydeco music fans, these are holy days of festival obligation. Seismic cultural shifts take root that weekend. St. Landry Parish and the ...

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 ...

(KLFY) — Keith Frank, born in Soileau, Louisiana, is a figure in Acadiana’s zydeco music scene and has played a role in shaping its modern sound. He began performing with his father Preston Frank’s ...

THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL THEME IS "PA KASE," LERITAGE DE ZARIKO — "UNBROKEN," THE LEGACY OF ZYDECO. WHAT DOES THAT THEME MEAN TO YOU AND TO THE COMMUNITY? A1: The theme "Unbroken" is powerful because it ...

NOLA Zydeco Fest is celebrating five years with a special kickoff event at Palmettos on the Bayou in Slidell. The festival’s milestone season will begin with a Zydeco Sunday Funday featuring live ...