Heralded by luminaries ranging from Bob Dylan (“That’s my kind of music”) to New Orleans musical icon Allen Toussaint (“BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, they play music that’s honest to the bone!”), ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 18, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The idea that this country has become one big, bland, conformist culture, the United ...

If you are one of the masses who bought into the Coldplay phenomenon, have a passion for old-skool reggae or dub or are just searching for something that will hit a bit more of your soul than what is ...

Cajun rock ‘n’ roll. It’s not simply rock from southern Louisiana. Instead, it’s Cajun music — the Acadiana music of accordion and fiddle with Cajun French-sung lyrics — fused with intense, raw rock ...

Born in Church Point in 1929, Ellis Vanicor's Cajun sound would become indelibly linked with a little community smack in the middle of Jennings and Lake Charles — Lacassine. A self-taught fiddler, ...

When Michael Doucet first tried to play the traditional French-language music of his native Southwest Louisiana for his fellow Cajuns, nobody was much interested. Doucet, an amateur musicologist at ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

People can get a taste of Louisiana and bayou treats like crawfish boil, jambalaya, po-boys and other Cajun food at a festival in downtown Chandler later this month. Southwest Cajun Fest brought to ...