Grammy award-winning fiddle player and vocalist Louis Michot opened the Lowertown Arts and Music Festival Friday with his ...

ROSEAU, Dominica —Throughout the year, Dominica’s lush and nature-rich island is an excellent place to experience the rich heritage of Creole music and culture. The island is, however, transformed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeffery Broussard, one of Louisiana's most dynamic and respected zydeco musicians, is once again pushing the boundaries of Creole ...

This year’s festival celebrates 90 years of “Jolie Blonde” and other female characters and performers. LAFAYETTE, La. – An iconic symbol of the female influence on Cajun and Creole music, what we know ...

The term "creole" is one of those protean things whose meaning hinges on the context in which it is used. At the very least, it tends to suggest some degree of acculturation or multiple ethnic ...

KRVS public radio revealed this week that four-time Grammy nominee Cedric Watson will launch La Nation Créole, a weekly hour-long program, at 4 p.m. Sunday. The announcement comes at the start of ...

Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival celebrates the creole culture of creole speaking countries in the Caribbean, Europe and Africa The 22nd edition of Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) ...

Lena Charles grew up in Opelousas hearing the rhythmic tunes of zydeco, a genre of music that became a big part of her life from a very young age. The unique mixture of rhythm and blues, soul, Cajun, ...

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An empty field lies on 231 Parish Road 60-4-1 in the St. Landry Parish hamlet of Lawtell. There’s no evidence that the property once held the Offshore Lounge, a rickety dancehall where more rain ...