A Cajun band from Louisiana will perform Thursday at Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks and highlight a Chautauqua and French Festival of heritage and culture Aug. 21-23 at Old Crossing and Treaty Park ...

ERATH — It was French that attracted the Acadians to Louisiana. After years of imprisonment, Joseph Beausoleil Broussard brought his band of Acadians to the West Indies and then followed his people's ...

There's a little radio station in south Louisiana. It's been on the air for nearly 70 years, doing everything it can to keep alive a dying language. That's Cajun French. On Saturday mornings, it ...

The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux is honoring Cajun culture next week by holding its yearly French Mass. The Diocese has held a service where both the music and the sermons are held in Cajun French since ...

Before the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, even before French Quarter Festival, there's Fete Francaise, a unique one-day festival celebrating the French heritage and food of New Orleans. The ...

When Council for the Development of French in Louisiana Chairman James Domengeaux and a group of academics, activists and musicians decided to throw a concert celebrating Cajun music and culture in ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Cajun music sings in the hearts of many in Southwest Louisiana and seven people were inducted into the Cajun French Music Hall of Fame Sunday. The morning was filled with ...

Last month, KVPI, a commercial radio station in Ville Platte, Louisiana, was awarded the “Uniquely Louisiana” award from the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters. The award was due in large part to ...

Juliet Varnedoe has a unique American jazz voice sharing the joie de vivre of the Cajun people. New York-based singer songwriter Juliet Varnedoe developed her musical foundation in the bayou lands of ...

A Cajun radio station in South Louisiana has been broadcasting for 69 years. It's preserving the culture and the tradition of broadcasting live music from a bar every Saturday morning. There's a ...