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 ...

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. (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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Members of the Cajun band T'Monde are young, but they like their music old. The band of 20-somethings opened the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Friday with century-old, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Sometimes it seems as if the Cajun tradition is America’s favorite cultural spice. Naturally, some of that has to do with the way Louisiana French cooking has bubbled over from local crab boils and ...

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 ...