Jennings, LA - The historic Strand Theater in Jennings will host Louisiana's premier Cajun fiddle competition on November 1, featuring multiple age categories and $3,400 in prize money. The 9th Annual ...

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, ...

A fiddle-playing Cajun pixie named Dixie comes to life in the pages of a local author's book and readers can get a chance to meet the author and get a free copy when they have a po-boy. "Dixie The ...

Two of the finest roots music fiddle players in the world — Louisiana’s Michael Doucet of BeauSoleil and Berkeley’s Tom Rigney — have joined forces in one of the hottest Cajun music CDs projects of ...

The sounds of fiddles, accordions and washboards will once again fill the air at Girard Park as Festivals Acadiens et Créoles returns Friday, Oct. 10, through Sunday Oct. 12. Celebrating its 51st year ...

Louisiana Cajun and roots band The Revelers made their musical intentions clear for their debut performance at this year’s Redwood Coast Music Festival. “Our goal is to be the ultimate Southwest ...

JENNINGS, La. - Entries are still open for the 9th annual Battle of the Bows Cajun Fiddle Competition. The competition will be held Saturday at the Strand Theater in Jennings. It will feature multiple ...

The Cajun Heritage Festival has a new host and new site, and this ninth annual event shouts out another first. The festival in Port Arthur will be the first conducted with the city’s recent ...

Louisiana French music is most associated with the Fiddle. These days, Louisiana French music is infused with the sounds of several key instruments, including the guitar, the accordion, and more. But ...

I had lots of questions when I first met Anya Burgess almost two decades ago. Besides how to pronounce her maiden name of Schonegge, I asked, “What’s a luthier?” Burgess explained that a luthier makes ...

DERIDDER, La. (KPLC) - Residents got a special treat today at the Beauregard museum in DeRidder. The Third Saturday Bluegrass Jam continues to carry on the old-time music traditions for future ...