Swamp Pop Curator Sharron Fontenot, said Swamp Pop brings back memories from her childhood. That's why she makes it a point to help preserve the music for future generations.

Johnny Allan is a household name and pioneer in the Swamp Pop industry. He said he's thankful for the Swamp Pop Museum, which helps to preserve the history of a genre of music he helped to create ...

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 tours, boudin, beer, Zydeco and more in Louisiana ... Zydeco, and Swamp Pop music came to be. Mel Camp will sample her way through Cajun country with some of the best bites in the South.

Southeast Texas has always been a hotbed for the fusion of many different musical styles with influences from all over. While rock, country and hip-hop get the most attention, Swamp Pop might have ...

Our guest is singer, pianist and octogenarian Tommy McClain, one of the last standing Louisiana swamp pop singers. He told us how much he enjoyed being on the road, singing for new audiences.

Los Swamp Monsters began in 2012 and now David Daughrity from Floyds Knobs plays drums for them. Saturday, they were at Our Lady of Perpetual Hops. The group, who got their unique name from a dream ...

But by 1964, swamp pop had been wiped off the music charts because of the British Invasion, with bands from across the pond like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones dominating record sales.