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It's the 14th anniversary celebration for the Swamp Pop Museum in Ville Platte. On Friday, music lovers from across Acadiana joined together to celebrate the significance behind the Swamp Pop ...
The Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum has been operating in Ville Platte for 12 years now, and they want everyone to attend their birthday party.
Some of your options this weekend include Swamp Tromp at Grassy Waters Preserve, jazz at Hilton West Palm Beach, the POP 2000 Tour Concert and more.
The October 20 “Swamp Pop” event on the lawn of the McFaddin-Ward House is part of the Third Annual Museum Madness Weekend.
One of the cooler additions here is the Werewolf of Fever Swamp Pop!, which comes in a large plastic case and features the book’s cover as the background to the figure. The werewolf himself sits ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with swamp pop artist Tommy McLain about releasing a new album for the first time in 40 years and what the genre means to him.
ROBERT, La. (AP) - From out of the postwar swamps of south Louisiana, there arose a music all its own - a feel-good sound known as "swamp pop." A half century later, this indigenous form of early ...
November 14, 2023 at 4:53 pm PST Harahan Fats (Goner Records) sounds like a ‘50s swamp-pop record for about five seconds until the voice of King Louie Bankston enters to let you know it’s not ...
Swamp Pop legend Tommy McLain, plus new Caitlin Harnett. In the Tower this week, Henry chats to vital octogenarian and Louisiana swamp-pop legend Tommy McLain on the verge of his Australian visit.
Los Swamp Monsters wow New Albany The group, who got their unique name from a dream caused by a night of too much Taco Bell and Godzilla movies, draws inspiration from a wide range of genres including ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with swamp pop artist Tommy McLain about releasing a new album for the first time in 40 years and what the genre means to him.