Dave's Hot Chicken Dave's Hot Chicken is planning a location for 1225 10th Ave. S., next to City Brew. The company applied for a building permit with the city planning office on Dec. 2 for a full ...

While perhaps not as intimately known outside Louisiana, zydeco has reached stages around the globe, and the Black Creole ...

A new Cajun Creole restaurant named Kouzens has opened in Peoria. The menu features dishes such as crawfish etouffee, fried frog legs and gator bites. Kouzens is located at 718 W. Glen Ave., the ...

Couples spin and turn, rocking back and forth, swinging apart and then dipping close. An accordion alternates its pumping pulse with a funky bass riff, forcing your shoulders to jump in time to the ...

When I first heard Joe Buchanan’s country music, I assumed he was a Messianic Jew. “How good, how good,” he croons with a Texas drawl over a twangy guitar. “Yeah, God I love the house where you grow.” ...

Jourdan Thibodeaux, who has been hailed as the future of Cajun music, will perform today and Saturday at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. Courtesy photo The CBS News show “60 Minutes” recently ...

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles celebrated its 51st year in Lafayette, Louisiana. The free, three-day event is the world's largest Cajun and Zydeco music celebration. This year's theme honored the ...

With a unique twist on a beloved classic tune, Louisiana native Dustin Dale Gaspard had all four judges on “The Voice” turn their chairs after his impressive blind audition, which aired on October 6.

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 ...

Jamey Bearb grew up with strict accordion rules. His dad, Cajun musician Ricky Bearb, demanded the accordion, handmade by pioneer builder Marc Savoy, sit a precise position in its storage box. Even ...

EVANGELINE PARISH — "It is a unique festival, we celebrate our traditional Cajun music,” says volunteer TJ Landreneau—and the memories are everywhere you look. Preparations are underway for this ...

Legendary Cajun fiddler and Cajun Music Hall of Fame inductee Ellis Vanicor, passed away Sunday, just two weeks after his 96th birthday. Vanicor began his musical career in the mid-1940s, joining the ...