Read full article: Inspection uncovers “unsanitary conditions” at Danville Area Humane Society Photo of Michael Driskill. NEW ORLEANS, La. – As 84-year-old Cajun music legend Doug Kershaw looks back, ...

Imagine going to a Rolling Stones show, making your way to the stage and ordering up your favorite chestnut from "Exile on Main Street." Good luck with that; Mick and the boys aren't exactly in the ...

JENNINGS, La. (KPLC) - If you’re a fan of Cajun music, then make your way down to the Battle of The Bows Cajun fiddle contest where players of all ages come together to share a bond of Cajun culture ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A great way to get people together is through music, and that is exactly what Battle of the Bows accomplished. Battle of the Bows is a competition that is meant to spread ...

Hats off to Cameron Fontenot for releasing a different kind of debut album. Whereas most debut albums symbolize the arrival of new talent, the Cajun fiddler opted for something different by dedicating ...

An impassioned ambassador for Cajun music and culture, fiddler and singer Dewey Balfa (1927-1992) was a driving force in the revival of traditional Cajun music. Raised 125 miles northwest of the great ...

JENNINGS – The Jefferson Davis Parish Tourist Commission and Southwest Louisiana Acoustic Cajun Music Jam are preserving Cajun culture and heritage through music. Today, they hosted their 4th Annual ...

JENNINGS, La. — Registration is open for the seventh annual “Battle of the Bows” Cajun Fiddle Competition. The competition is open to all Cajun-style fiddle playing. This year’s event will be held ...

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If you’re taking a romantic view of the past, it’s easy to see rural Louisiana as a place where age-old accordion and fiddle traditions are handed down through the generations. And that’s true, up to ...

Cajun fiddle music by Tom Rigney and Flambeau will be featured at a 6 p.m. outdoor concert Wednesday at the downtown plaza near the Depot Bookstore on Throckmorton Avenue. The “Concerts in the Plaza” ...