The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music, often sung in French, is enjoying a renaissance.

Zydeco icon Jeffery Broussard drops Bayou Moonlight May 23 — an electrifying fusion of Creole roots and New Orleans brass.

organizers are bringing zydeco back to the series. Veteran Louisiana accordion player Dwight Carrier and his BlackCat Zydeco band will headline.

For singer-songwriter Frank Turner, who spent years honing his craft in independent venues all around the world from London ...

Traiteur prayers. Gumbo gatherings. Bayou walks. These old-school South Louisiana traditions still soothe the soul in a ...

This month we’re offering another two-part overview of music options. In this column I’ll hit on weekend and early-next-week ...

The Louisiana-based couple travel the country leading workshops in Irish dance, culture and folklore, combining their backgrounds in dance and music — Sheila as a first-generation Irish ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Several bills introduced in the 2025 regular legislative session propose changes to Louisiana’s hemp industry. Bills were brought as a new law tightening ...

The national average is 10% straight "A" hospitals per state. Louisiana ranked 17th in rates of straight "A" hospitals. Only hospitals who have earned an "A" rating for two consecutive years ...