Swamp pop is one of Louisiana's unique and popular forms of music. For more than 60 years people in southern Louisiana and southeast Texas have been creating and enjoying this version of Cajun rock.

The swamp pop sound came together in the early 1950s, and exploded with the advent of rock 'n' roll. "I could see the trend. I could see that music was changing and that the style of music was ...

A triple swamp pop music threat, Don Rich sings, writes songs and plays seven instruments. As popular and talented as the fifth-generation musician and lifelong Pierre Part resident is, he’s ...

McLain is widely seen as a cornerstone of swamp pop — the uniquely south Louisiana blend of rhythm and blues, country and western and Cajun influences — but when he cut “Sweet Dreams” back ...

Mention swamp pop and some may think you’re talking about a soft drink. But decades before it became a name for a soda, swamp pop was a music genre born in south Louisiana, just like its cousins ...

Viewpark has teamed with Louisiana-based production company Back Porch Movies to develop and finance “In a Good Place Now,” a feature film based on the life of musician Warren Storm. Storm ...

He’s known as the “Godfather of Swamp Pop”—but not because any rivals to the title met an unexplained end in a river while wearing concrete shoes. It’s because at 82 years of age, Warren ...

Since then, the festival has become a popular showcase of swamp pop music, the Acadiana/southwest Louisiana genre that blends rock ’n’ roll with country and Cajun flavors, and attracts 4,000 ...

“Swamp pop music is a blend of rhythm and blues, country and a little bit of jazz,” said Sidney Broussard, trumpeter and vocalist for The Mojoes, a 10-piece band and the final act of the festival.

Swamp pop musician Warren Storm has passed away. He was 84. The Abbeville native has been in the hospital for the past several weeks according to friends.

The summer flavor of Swamp Pop sugarcane sodas is back on store shelves and restaurant menus in Acadiana. Inspired by Louisiana's official fruit, the Ponchatoula strawberry, Swamp Pop's ...