One thousand five hundred miles northeast of Lafayette is one of the nation’s newest Cajun and zydeco festivals. The Bayou Boogie, three days of dancing and camping in the rolling Connecticut hills, ...
This is an updated version of a story first published on May 18, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The idea that this country has become one big, bland, conformist culture, the United ...
When "60 Minutes" came to the Lafayette area last fall to film a segment on Cajun and zydeco music, they were confronted with the energy of a thriving cultural scene. CBS correspondent Jon Wertheim ...
Louisiana's Cajun Country is one of the most unique areas of the United States. It's officially called Acadiana, after the French-speaking Acadians, or Cajuns, who settled there after being exiled ...
And I visited to find out why.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH, La. (KPLC) - A legendary Southwest Louisiana Cajun musician died Sunday at age 96. Fiddler Ellis Vanicor founded his band, Ellis Vanicor and the Lacassine Playboys, in the 1940s and ...
Southwest Louisiana is one of the most unique areas of the United States. Officially known as Acadiana, the region is home to a wide range of cultural influences — from Cajun, Creole, Indigenous ...
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — In a recent Forbes article, Lafayette was called an “Underrated Louisiana City” and is considered the “Beating Heart of Cajun Culture.” The article highlighted how Lafayette ...