While perhaps not as intimately known outside Louisiana, zydeco has reached stages around the globe, and the Black Creole ...

In March, as ICE arrests under the new Trump Administration topped thirty thousand and the President threatened new tariffs ...

Kawika Pangelinan has become a skilled and self-taught craftsman of numerous types of Hawaiian musical instruments.

Cinemusic: Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg talks about his latest score for Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.

Memphis, Tennessee stands as a musical mecca where legends were born, where blues wail from doorways after dark, and where the soundtrack of American history plays on repeat through streets steeped in ...

Michot said there are now “maybe 10 or 12 accordion builders in south Louisiana,” down from the “30 or more in the 70s and ...

Both got their starts as musicians, but it was their work behind the scenes that saw them leave their own separate and ...

A new Cajun Creole restaurant named Kouzens has opened in Peoria. The menu features dishes such as crawfish etouffee, fried frog legs and gator bites. Kouzens is located at 718 W. Glen Ave., the ...

Jourdan Thibodeaux, who has been hailed as the future of Cajun music, will perform today and Saturday at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. Courtesy photo The CBS News show “60 Minutes” recently ...

From UFO sounds to Celtic drones, sitar twangs to Tex-Mex accordion, country music occasionally loved to get a little weird. Fiddles and steel guitars may define the genre’s twang, but every so often, ...

Jamey Bearb grew up with strict accordion rules. His dad, Cajun musician Ricky Bearb, demanded the accordion, handmade by pioneer builder Marc Savoy, sit a precise position in its storage box. Even ...

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 ...