Chris Segura (center) and Cedric Watson (right), who occasionally plays with Feufollet and the Pine Leaf Boys, play at their friend Chris Stafford's birthday party. Lafayette, La., is a happening ...

Mitchell’s Cajun Aces combines lively Louisiana dance music with a sense of history. The Aces are traditionalists, singing about 95 percent of their songs in Cajun French. They combine old-time fiddle ...

Cajun bandleader Bruce Daigrepont’s parents spoke French at home, so he grew up learning the language conversationally. But he was of little use to his daughters when they took French in school, as he ...

When the Second World War finally came to a close, the returning veterans of southwest Louisiana wanted to hear the music of their youth. One of the leading bands of that era was Alphée Bergeron and ...

Country singer Jimmy C. Newman, the first Cajun musician invited to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry, died of cancer on Saturday in Nashville. He was 86. Newman was born in High Point, La., and as a ...

Grand Ole Opry star Jimmy C. Newman passed away on Saturday after a battle with cancer. He was 86 years old. The singer rose to fame in the ’50s, first signing a songwriting contract with Acuff-Rose ...

Jo-El Sonnier, the Grammy-winning artist from Louisiana who performed Cajun and country music, has died at age 77. Sonnier passed away while on tour, Texas country music promoter Tracy Pitcox stated ...