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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (WAFB) - Students at one Louisiana university are able to study Cajun fiddle, the accordion, and even learn how to sing Cajun French songs, and get a degree in it. It’s called ...

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 ...

The sounds of fiddles, accordions and washboards will once again fill the air at Girard Park as Festivals Acadiens et Créoles returns Friday, Oct. 10, through Sunday Oct. 12. Celebrating its 51st year ...

So she bought me some Cajun recordings and some zydeco and stuff, and I showed her that I could play and I said, "Now I want a fiddle." So she told me if I found one that was affordable, I could get ...

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 ...

Two unique workshops centered on Southwest Louisiana's popular music genres, Cajun and Zydeco, will be presented at this year's Spice & Music Festival scheduled for June 4-6, 2010 in historic downtown ...

ABBEVILLE, KATC — ABBEVILLE, La. - It’s festival season and everyone in town is feeling the excitement. “It’s not everyday when your average 11-year-old gets to go to Festival International, so I ...

A renowned Cajun sextet from Louisiana performed two shows in Alaska this weekend — unexpectedly, as a quintet. BeauSoleil — a two-time Grammy-winning band from Louisiana — is often known as ...