Along with Jason Frey in Lagniappe, Travis Matte was an integral part of the outstanding À la Vieille Manière album that notched several CFMA Awards in 2001. That was Matte’s last totally trad Cajun ...

ERATH — Catherine Brookshire Blanchet was a teacher and music supervisor in Vermilion Parish. She taught when the French language was frowned upon in schools. But from 1960s to the 1980s, she spread ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Ray Thibodeaux remembers listening to his uncles play their instruments as a child, and listening to old Cajun music. This is what inspired him to get his start in music. Ray ...

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 ...

Something, too, fascinated me about the origins of the Cajun people, who were expelled from Canada, and were unwanted, and how they ended up in Lafayette, and how they had their own community and were ...

After more than 40 albums — mostly of Cajun music but also two gypsy jazz releases and a duets album with Linda Ronstadt — Ann Savoy has recorded her solo album debut. “Another Heart,” to be released ...

Lafayette, La., is a happening place. There, musicians young and old are pushing the boundaries of their genres. Feufollet has been doing that for a decade, even though most of its members are still ...